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Jean-Baptiste Jeanin

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Jean-Baptiste Jeanin
drawing after a portrait by his father-in-law, Jacques-Louis David
Born22 January 1769
Died2 May 1830
NationalityFrench

Jean-Baptiste Jeanin (22 January 1771 in Val-d'Épy – 2 May 1830) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and a brigadier general during the Peninsular War. During the Hundred Days he commanded the 20th Infantry Division at Ligny and Waterloo.

References

  • Schneid, Frederick C. (2011). The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Mainz: Institute of European History.
  • Gates, David (1986). The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico 2002. ISBN 0712697306