Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais

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Pierre David Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais
général de division

Pierre David Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais (Paris, 18 October 1774 – 1853) was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, noted for his unbreakable loyalty to Napoleon.

Life

Revolution

Born into a noble family descended from the prestigious

sous-lieutenant
the following month.

After three years in the Army of the Rhine and in the armies suppressing the

commissaire des guerres to the armée d'Orient, with the job of guaranteeing Bonaparte
's supply lines to Egypt. During that time Bonaparte took him under his wing.

First Empire

Returning to the army after Egypt, he was wounded and made a captain in the

armée des côtes
.

Colbert left Junot in 1805 and followed

baron de Chabanais et de l'Empire
in 1809

Colbert was promoted to

Battle of Raab by charging and defeating Ott's hussars, cutting several squadrons of the enemy Hungarian cavalry to pieces and nearly coming to the aid of the 9th Hussar Regiment, which the Austrians were on the point of overwhelming. At Wagram
Colbert was shot in the head three times and was made a commander of the Légion d'honneur.

Attached to the

général de division
during the retreat back through Germany .

1814–1817

General Colbert fought bravely at

Tuileries, Napoleon said to him icily "General Colbert, I've been waiting for you for three days", to which Colbert replied "I have been waiting for you for a year" and Napoleon put him in command of his personal guard. Colbert was wounded fighting at Waterloo and after the armée de la Loire was disbanded the Bourbons held a grudge against Colbert. He thus returned home, only for his loyalty to turn against him – in 1816 he was arrested without charge, held in the Prison de l'Abbaye
for two months and exiled on his release. In 1817, however, he was recalled.

1826–1853

After ten years' inactivity, his military career only resumed in 1826. However, he had lost the brilliance he had shown during the Napoleonic Wars and instead became inspector general of cavalry and commander of a division of the camp de Lunéville. After the

Légion d'honneur
in 1839. He was standing next to Louis Philippe I during Giuseppe Marco Fieschi's assassination attempt and was wounded by Fieschi's gun. He died in 1853.

Coat of arms

D'or, à la couleuvre ondoyante en pal d'azur surmontée d'un lambel du second; au canton des

Barons militaires de l'Empire brochant.[1]

References

  1. ^ Source: Armorial du Premier Empire, Vicomte Albert Révérend, Comte E. Villeroy

Sources

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