Hubert Rohault de Fleury (general)
| Hubert Rohault de Fleury | |
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| Born |
2 April 1779 Paris, France |
| Died | 21 September 1866 (aged 87) Montoire-sur-le-Loir, Loir-et-Cher, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Known for | Fortifications |
General Baron Hubert Rohault de Fleury (2 April 1779 – 21 September 1866) was a French soldier who played a major role in the fortifications of Lyon.
The Rohault family originated in Abbeville. Jean-Baptiste Louis Rohault, a cloth and silk merchant, established himself in Paris on the rue Saint-Honoré in the middle of the 18th century. He married into the nobility. His son, Hubert Jean-Baptiste Rohault de Fleury, born in 1750, was an advocate of the Parliament of Paris and keeper of the records of the Company of the Indies. He had two sons. Charles Hubert Rohault de Fleury was born on 2 July 1777, and went on to become a prominent architect. Hubert Rohault de Fleury was born in Paris in 1779. He attended the college of Juilly. At the age of 16 he entered the École Polytechnique. He graduated in 1798 and entered the School of Engineering at Metz. He left the school in Metz in 1800 as a lieutenant.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Hubert Rohault de Fleury was promoted to captain in 1801, and served in the campaign in Portugal, then was transferred to Boulogne. He joined the Army of Germany and fought in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. During this campaign, he was attached to the corps of Marshall Jean Lannes, who tried to obtain his promotion to battalion commander. This was rejected by General Henri Gatien Bertrand, who considered that he was too young for such a senior rank. Rohault de Fleury fought at the Battle of Jena in 1806. He assisted in the sieges of Stralsund and Colberg.In 1808, he was sent to Catalonia. After the defense of Barcelona, he was named battalion commander at the start of 1809. He was made an officer of the Legion of Honour in 1809 at the Third Siege of Gerona, where he led the first assault on the fort of Montjouy and was seriously wounded. He was made a lieutenant-colonel in 1814.
After the fall of Napoleon, Rohault de Fleury gave his allegiance to Louis XVIII of France and remained faithful to the King during the Hundred Days in 1815. He was promoted to colonel in 1816, and for six year commanded the 2nd Engineers Regiment. In 1822, he was appointed deputy governor of the École Polytechnique, but did not hold this position for long. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1823, in command of the engineers of the Army of Catalonia under Marshall Moncey.
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