Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac
Jean-Girard Lacuée | |
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| Born | 4 November 1752 Hautefage-la-Tour (Lot-et-Garonne) |
| Died | 18 June 1841 Paris |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service | Cavalry |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Other work | peer of France |
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Jean-Girard Lacuée (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒiʁaʁ lakɥe]), count of Cessac (château de Lamassas),[1] near Hautefage-la-Tour in the arrondissement of Agen, 4 November 1752 - Paris, 18 June 1841) was a French general and politician, peer of France and Minister for War under Napoleon I of France. His name is inscribed on the south side (column 18) of the Arc de Triomphe.
Life
[edit]Lacuée was born near Agen in 1752. He became a member of the Institute, minister of state in 1807, and minister of the administration of war in 1810. He died in 1841.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Castle of Lamassas on Napoleon & Empire website
- ^ Thomas 1892, p. 1351.
References
[edit]- Mullié, Charles (1852). . (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie.
- Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Iacchus – Zype), vol. 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1351
- "Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
External links
[edit]- (in French) Académie française
- (in French) Archives nationales (CARAN) – Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 396.
- (in French) Côte S.H.A.T., état de services, distinctions sur web.genealogie.free.fr : Les militaires.
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