Jean Dembarrère
Jean Dembarrère | |
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| Born | 3 July 1747 Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of France First French Republic First French Empire |
| Service/ | French Royal Army French Revolutionary Army French Imperial Army |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Legion of Honour (Grand Officier) Order of Saint Louis (Knight) |
Jean, comte Dembarrère (3 July 1747 – 3 March 1828) was a French general and engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
[edit]Born into a noble family in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Dembarrère entered the École royale du génie de Mézières in 1768.
A military engineer, he was head of engineering for the Army of Italy. He was a later a member of the Sénat conservateur which deposed Napoleon and restored the Bourbons.
He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis. His name is one of the 660 inscribed under the Arc du Triomphe.
Works
[edit]- Coup d'oeil sur les parties diverses de la science militaire (1783)
- Eloge historique de Vauban (1784)
- Observations sur un imprimé du lieutenant-général comte de Sainte-Suzanne (1819)
- Chandelleries à opérer dans le système des places fortes (1819).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/110264
- https://www.senat.fr/pair-de-france/dembarrere_jeanpf0089.html
- https://www.lepetitjournal.net/65-hautes-pyrenees/2020/10/18/napoleon-le-nomme-directeur-des-fortifications/
- https://lourdesactu.fr/2020/10/07/appel-aux-dons-du-souvenir-francais-de-lourdes-pour-la-restauration-de-la-tombe-du-general-jean-dembarrere/
- https://www.nrpyrenees.fr/2020/10/09/la-tombe-du-general-dembarrere-sera-renovee-9127809.php
- https://www.frenchempire.net/biographies/dembarrere/
Categories:
- 1747 births
- 1828 deaths
- French military engineers
- Generals of the First French Empire
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
- Peers of France
- Counts of the First French Empire
- French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe