Adrian Francois Bruno ( French Adrien François Bruno ; 1771-1861) - French military leader, brigadier general (1810), baron (1811), participant in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
| Adrian Bruno | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | June 10, 1771 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Pondicherry , French India | |||||
| Date of death | March 1, 1861 (89 years old) | |||||
| Place of death | Paris , Department of Seine , French Empire | |||||
| Affiliation |  France | |||||
| Type of army | Cavalry | |||||
| Years of service | 1793-1833 | |||||
| Rank | Brigadier General | |||||
| Commanded | 1st Division heavy cavalry (1812–13) | |||||
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Biography
Born into the family of a French diplomat in India. At 5, he returned to France. With the beginning of revolutionary wars he entered the military service in the cavalry.
December 14, 1801 was appointed commander of the squadron of the 12th Hussars. October 29, 1803 promoted to majors, and appointed deputy commander of the 10th Horse Jaeger Regiment. From July 10, 1806 to September 27, 1806 he served as adjutant Louis Bonaparte . In July 1806 he entered the service of the Kingdom of Holland. September 27, 1806 he was appointed commander of the 2nd regiment of the Dutch hussars. December 20, 1806 - commander of the Hussars of the Royal Guard. He received the honorary position of the Great Stable Dutch Crown. He took part in the Austrian campaign of 1809.
November 11, 1810 again in the French service.
In the Russian campaign, he commanded the 2nd brigade of the 1st cuirassier reserve division of the cavalry reserve, after wounding General Saint-Germain at Borodino, he headed the entire division. In 1813, the commander of the cavalry of the 5th Army Corps, General Loriston, was captured. In 1833 he retired.
Military ranks
- Lieutenant (1795);
- Captain (January 1798);
- Squadron commander (December 14, 1801);
- Major (October 29, 1803);
- Colonel of Holland (September 27, 1806);
- Major General of Holland (April 6, 1807);
- Lieutenant General of Holland (November 2, 1808);
- Brigadier General (November 11, 1810).
Titles
- Baron Bruno and the Empire ( fr. Baron Bruno et de l'Empire ; decree of March 19, 1808, patent confirmed June 10, 1811) [1] .
Rewards
Legionnaire of the Legion of Honor (March 25, 1804)
Great Ribbon of the Dutch Order of the Union (1807)
Officer of the Legion of Honor (October 11, 1812)
Commander of the Legion of Honor (August 23, 1814)
Cavalier of the Military Order of St. Louis (1814)
Cavalier of the Spanish Order of Carlos III
Notes
Sources
- “Bruno (Adrien-François, baron de”, dans Georges Six, Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814), tome I [AJ], Paris, G. Saffroy, 1931, p. 169-170.
- Adrien François de Bruno, dans Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852.
- “Bruno,” dans Vte A. Révérend, Titres et confirmations de titres - Monarchie de Juillet, 2e République, 2e Empire, 3e Empire - 1830-1908, Paris, 1909, pp. 227-228.