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Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac

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Jean-Girard Lacuée
Born4 November 1752
Hautefage-la-Tour (Lot-et-Garonne)
Died18 June 1841
Paris
AllegianceFrance
Service / branchCavalry
RankGénéral de division
Other workpeer of France

Jean-Girard Lacuée, count of Cessac (château de Lamassas),[1] near Hautefage-la-Tour in the arrondissement of Agen, 4 November 1752 - Paris, 18 June 1841) was a French general and politician, peer of France and Minister for War under Napoleon I of France. His name is inscribed on the south side (column 18) of the Arc de Triomphe.

Life

Notes and references

  1. ^ Castle of Lamassas on Napoleon & Empire website

Sources

  • Mullié, Charles (1852). "article name needed. Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850  (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie. ;
  • "Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource