Charles Lallemand
| François Antoine "Charles" Lallemand | |
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| Born | 23 June 1774 Metz, France |
| Died | 9 March 1839 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/ |
French Army Cavalry
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| Years of service | 1792 to 1815 |
| Rank | French Army Brigadier General Brevet Divisional General (1815) |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars • Napoleonic Wars • Egypt • Santo Domingo • Peninsular War: Villagarcia Maguilla • Waterloo |
François Antoine "Charles" Lallemand (23 June 1774 – 9 March 1839) was a French general who served Napoleon I of France, tried to found a colony in what is now Texas, and finally returned to France to serve as governor of Corsica.
Lallemand was born in Metz, France. He joined the cavalry in 1792 and during the French Revolution served in France, Egypt, Santo Domingo and Spain. In 1801 he was for three weeks a prisoner aboard HMS Cameleon after the French defeat in Egypt. Cameleon's captain was Commander Frederick Lewis Maitland, whom Lallemand would meet again in 1815 in connection with Napoleon's surrender.
In 1804 Lallemand married a 16-year-old creole named Marie Charlotte Henriette Lartique (known as Caroline) in New York. By 1811 he had earned promotion to General of Brigade, the title of Baron and commandant in the Legion of Honor. While leading 17th and 29th regiments of dragoons in Spain, he defeated a British cavalry brigade at the Battle of Maguilla in 1812 see Major-general Slade's report of a battle in the London Gazette. After the retreat from Moscow he served on the staff of Marchal Davout Louis-Nicolas Davout with the XIIIth Cops in Hamburg. During the campaign of the fall af 1813 he served with the Danish troops supporting Napoleon in North Germany, commanding the 30th Light Cavalry Brigade consisting of two squadrons of the 28th French regiment Chasseurs á Cheval and three squadrons 17th (Lithiauian) regiment Lanciers Polonaise. He then commanded a mixed French- Danish Arrieregard; Four squadrons Holstenske Rytter Regiment, 17th (Lithiauian) Regiment Lanciers Polonaise and two battalions Holstenske Skarpskytte Regiment. He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog.
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