Hercule Corbineau
| Marie Louis Hercule Hubert Corbineau | |
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| Born |
10 April 1780 Marchiennes, Nord |
| Died | 5 April 1823 (aged 42) Chalons-sur-Marne, Marne |
| Place of burial | Cimetière de l'Ouest, Chalons-sur-Marne |
| Allegiance |
 French First Republic First French Empire
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| Years of service | 1793–1809 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit |
Légion des Francs 7th Regiment of Hussars 5th Regiment of Chasseurs Chasseurs à Cheval de la Garde Impériale |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Legionnaire of the Legion of Honour (5 November 1804) Officer of the Legion of Honour (17 November 1808) Baron of the Empire (1 June 1810) |
| Relations |
Jean Corbineau Claude Corbineau (brothers) |
Marie Louis Hercule Hubert Corbineau (10 April 1780 – 5 April 1823) was a French soldier of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Corbineau was born in Marchiennes, the youngest son of Jean-Charles Corbineau, Inspector General of the King's Stables in the Généralité of Tours and bailiff-general of Marchiennes Abbey, and his wife Mary-Louise-Magdeleine Varlet. His older brothers Jean and Claude were also army officers, and together the three men were known as les trois Horaces ("the three Horatii").
Corbineau volunteered for service in the Navy on 1 April 1793, when only 12 years old, to save his father from persecution by the revolutionaries. After serving aboard the privateer Requin and the corvette Naïade, he then entered the Army, as a private soldier in the Légion des Francs, serving in the Army of the North.
He transferred to the cavalry of the Légion des Francs, and was promoted to sous-lieutenant on 20 September 1796. With his brother Claude, he participated in the expedition to Ireland in December 1796.
Promoted to lieutenant on 30 October 1797, he served in campaigns with the Army of Helvetia and the Army of the Rhine, joining the 7th Regiment of Hussars on 29 July 1798, and transferring the 5th Regiment of Chasseurs on 5 April 1800. Corbineau distinguished himself at the battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December 1800. He served as adjudant-major from 2 April 1802, and was promoted to capitaine on 16 March 1804. On 5 November 1804 he was made a Legionnaire of the Legion of Honour.
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