Francois Claude Amur de Chariol , Marquis de Bouillet ( fr. François Claude Amour du Chariol, marquis de Bouillé , [buje]; 1739 - 1800 , London ) - French general who was preparing the flight of Louis XVI and the intervention against revolutionary France .
| Francois Claude de Bouillet | |||
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| fr. François Claude de Bouillé | |||
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| Date of Birth | November 19, 1739 | ||
| Place of Birth | France | ||
| Date of death | November 14, 1800 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | London , UK | ||
| Affiliation |  Kingdom of France | ||
| Years of service | 1755-1793 | ||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||
| Commanded | Governor of Guadeloupe (1768-1777), Martinique and Saint Lucia (1777), Antilles (1777-1783), Three Bishoprics (1787-1790), Alsace , Lorraine and Franche-Comté (1789-1791) | ||
| Battles / wars | Seven year war U.S. War of Independence Rise of the soldiers in Nancy , First coalition war | ||
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| Communications | son of Louis de Bouillet | ||
Biography
Born November 19, 1739 in the family castle of Cluselle. Having lost his parents early, he was brought up by an uncle who held a high position under Louis XV . After completing his studies at the Jesuit College, he entered as an officer in a regiment of dragoons. He distinguished himself in the Seven Years War , especially at the Battle of Grunberg .
In 1768 he was appointed governor of Guadeloupe , from where in May 1777 he was transferred as governor to Martinique . During the war for American independence , he successfully defended the Antilles from the British. Upon returning to France, received the rank of lieutenant general .
As the governor of Alsace and Franche-Comté , he used all possible measures to suppress the erupting revolution , brutally pacified the rebellious garrison of Nancy (1790), prepared everything for the flight of Louis XVI and for the invasion of France by the Russian army, promised by Catherine II (1791). He aroused the hatred of the patriots (in connection with which he was mentioned in the fifth verse of the Marseillaise ), but the royal family hoped for Buje as their savior.
Buje directed the organization of the king’s escape on June 20, 1791, escorted chests with royal jewels to the Monmedi citadel. After the failure of the royal family’s flight to Varenn, he was accused of treason by a decree of the National Assembly and emigrated to Koblenz , where he joined the army of Prince Conde . He vainly bothered at the courts of European monarchs to extradite the king; after his execution he left for England.
The Marquis de Bouillet left a memoir entitled "Mémoires sur la Révolution française, depuis son origine jusqu'à la retraite du duc de Brunswick" and published posthumously in Paris in 1801.
Links
- Bouillet, Francois-Claude-Amour // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.