Paul Thiébault

Paul Thiébault
Paul Thiébault
	General of Division
Battles/wars	War of the First Coalition Battle of Rivoli (1796); ; War of the Second Coalition Siege of Genoa (1800); ; War of the Third Coalition Battle of Austerlitz (1805); ; Peninsular War War of the Sixth Coalition; Siege of Hamburg (1813–14); ;
Other work	Baron of the Empire, 1811

cimetière du Père-Lachaise

(division 39).

Paul Charles François Adrien Henri Dieudonné Thiébault (French pronunciation:

Napoleon I

's army. During his military career he wrote a number of histories and memoirs, the last of which were published in 1895.

Life

His father was

armée d’Italie

in 1795.

He served at the Battle of Rivoli, distinguished himself in the assault on Naples in January 1799 and then retired the following June. Recalled in January 1800, he was attached to the armée d’Italie, where he served on Masséna's staff at the siege of Genoa.^[1] He was made a general in 1801 and commanded the 2nd brigade of the 1st infantry division at Austerlitz, in support of Vandamme, making him part of the army corps which mounted the assault and took the Pratzen plateau. He was wounded during the battle.

He was then made governor of

Davout. He backed Napoleon during the Hundred Days and was put in command of the defence of Paris. Published in 1895, with an English translation appearing the next year, his memoirs are a useful source for the history of the First French Empire

, filling in details and giving often critical assessments of major figures.

Family

His father is Dieudonné Thiébault.

Thiébault married Betsy Walker the daughter of the novelist Lady Mary Hamilton.^[2] His son Adolphe (1797-1875) became a military tutor and antiquities collector. Adolphe gathered together the family's papers and these are available at Yale University.^[2]

Works

Journal des opérations militaires du siège et du blocus de Gênes, written in 1801
Relation de l’expédition du Portugal faite en 1807 et 1808
Manuel général du service des états-majors généraux et divisionnaires dans les armées
Mémoires
- Memoirs of Baron Thiébault (transl. by A. J. Butler), London, 1896
Du chant, et particulièrement de la romance, 1813

References

^ La caduta di Luigia Pallavicini nelle memorie di Thiebault
^ ^a ^b Ducharme, Diane J. (2010). "Guide to the Lady Mary Hamilton Papers". Yale University Library. Yale University.

[1] La caduta di Luigia Pallavicini nelle memorie di Thiebault

[yale-2] Ducharme, Diane J. (2010). "Guide to the Lady Mary Hamilton Papers". Yale University Library. Yale University.

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