Auguste du Vergier de La Rochejaquelein
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Auguste du Vergier de La Rochejaquelein | |
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Born | 1784 La Jaudonnière, France |
Died | 1868 Paris, France |
Allegiance | France |
Auguste du Vergier de La Rochejaquelein (1784- 1868) was a French soldier who fought in several battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
Life
[edit]He was born on April 17, 1784 in La Jaudonnière, France.[1]
He was the son of Lucie Constance Bonne de Caumont d'Adde and Henri Louis Auguste du Vergier de la Rochejaquelin.[2]
On September 14, 1819 he married Claire Louise Augustine Félicité Maclovie de Durfort-Duras, widow of Charles Léopold Henri de La Trémoille.[3]
He died on November 21, 1868 in Paris, France.[4]
Biography
[edit]Following the restoration of the Monarchy, La Rochejaquelein received the rank of colonel in September 1815 , then that of camp marshal in 1818 .[5][6][7]
He commanded a brigade during the Spanish Civil War of 1823. In 1832 he took part in the plot of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles , Duchess of Berry.[8][9][10]
Career
[edit]He reached the rank of general in the French military.[11]