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Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier

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Nicolas Hyacinthe Gautier (1774, Loudéac–1809) was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.

He was fatally injured at the Battle of Wagram, and died in Vienna a week later.

His name is inscribed on column 18 of the Arc de Triomphe.

References

  • Vicomte Révérend, Armorial du premier empire, tome 2, Honoré Champion, libraire, Paris, 1897, p. 218.
  • Prosper Jean Levot, Biographie Bretonne, recueil de notice sur tous les bretons qui se sont fait un nom Éditeur : Cauderan, Vannes et Dumoulin, Paris, 1852