Jean-Girard Lacuée | |
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Born | 4 November 1752 Hautefage-la-Tour (Lot-et-Garonne) |
Died | 18 June 1841 Paris |
Allegiance | France |
Service/branch | Cavalry |
Rank | Général de division |
Other work | peer of France |
Jean-Girard Lacuée, count of Cessac (château de Lamassas), 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.
Lacuée was born near Agen in 1752. He became a member of the Institute, minister of state in 1807, and minister of the administration of war in 1810. He died in 1841.