François Marie d'Aboville
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François Marie, comte d'Aboville (23 January 1730 – 1 November 1817) was a French général de division (major general). He was the father of Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville and Augustin-Marie d'Aboville. He was born in Brest. He fought in the Seven Years' War. He fought in the American Revolutionary War against the British at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. He fought at the Battle of Valmy in the War of the First Coalition. During the Hundred Days of 1815 and after the Bourbon Restoration, he served in the Chamber of Peers. He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "General François-Marie d'Aboville". Frenchempire.net. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "François-Marie d'Aboville, un artilleur expérimenté". Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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- Members of the Sénat conservateur
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
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- Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Louis
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