Georges Cadoudal
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Georges Cadoudal GCOSL |
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Portrait of Caudal by Amable-Paul Coutan (1827)
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| Nickname(s) | "Gédéon" |
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January 1, 1777 Brech, Brittany, France |
| Died | Paris, French Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of FranceChouan |
| Service/branch | Catholic and Royal Army |
| Years of service | 1793 – 1804 |
| Rank |
Marshal of France (posthumous) General |
| Battles/wars |
Chouannerie War in the Vendée: |
Georges Cadoudal (1 January 1771 – 25 June 1804), sometimes called simply Georges, was a Breton politician, and leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution. He was named a Marshal of France in 1814. Cadoudal means in Breton language "warrior returning from the fight".
Born in Brech, in Brittany, after completing his education, he remained true to his Royalist and Roman Catholic convictions during the start of the Revolution. From 1793 he organized a rebellion in the Morbihan against the National Convention of the First Republic. It was quickly suppressed, and he thereupon joined the army of the Vendée insurrection, taking part in the battles of Le Mans and of Savenay in December of the same year.
Returning to Morbihan, he was arrested, and imprisoned at Brest. He succeeded, however, in escaping, and began again the struggle against the Revolution. In spite of the defeat of his party, and of the fact that he was forced several times to take refuge in England, Cadoudal did not cease both to wage war and to conspire in favour of the Royalist pretender Louis, count of Provence. In 1799 he was a regular visitor at Mont Orgueil, Jersey where he would meet Philippe d'Auvergne, a British spymaster. He refused to come to any understanding with the government, although offers were made to him by Napoleon Bonaparte, who admired his skill and his obstinate energy.
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