Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron
| Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron | |
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The Comte de Langeron, portrait from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace.
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| Born | January 24, 1763 Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 16 July 1831 (aged 68) Odessa, Russian Empire |
| Buried at | Odessa, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France Russian Empire
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| Service/branch | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1778-1831 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars |
American Revolutionary War Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) French Revolutionary Wars Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) Napoleonic Wars Russo-Turkish War (1828–29) |
| Awards |
Order of the Holy Spirit Order of the Golden Fleece Order of St. Andrew Order of St. Anna Order of St. George Order of the White Eagle Order of St. Vladimir Order of Saint Louis Order of the Black Eagle |
| Other work | Governor of New Russia |
Count Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ланжеро́н) (January 24, 1763 – July 16, 1831), born in Paris, was a French soldier in the service of, first, the Kingdom of France, and then the Russian Empire.
Langeron, a member of a noble French family from Nivernais, held the titles of comte de Langeron, marquis de la Coste, baron de Cougny, de la Ferté et de Sassy, and lord du Mont, de Bazolle de l'Isle de Mars et d'Alligny. He entered the French army at age 15 as a Sous-Lieutenant in the Gardes Françaises Regiment and was dispatched to Caracas and then to Saint-Domingue from 1782 to 1783. Promoted to captain in the Condé-Dragons Regiment, he took part in the American Revolutionary War. In 1786, Langeron was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Médoc Regiment, and in 1788 he became colonel of the Armagnac Regiment.
A Royalist, Langeron left France at the beginning of the French Revolution and entered Russian service in 1790 as a colonel in the Siberian Grenadier Regiment. He distinguished himself in battle against Sweden and then in the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). Accompanied by the duc de Fronsac and Prince Charles de Ligne, the son of the famous Austrian diplomat Charles-Joseph, Prince de Ligne, he was present at Alexander Suvorov's capture of Izmail, where he was wounded. He was given leave of absence in order to serve in an émigré army against revolutionary France, and after his return to Russia was sent to the Austrian army in the Netherlands as an observer. He was promoted to brigade command in 1796 and became a major general in 1797 and lieutenant general in 1798.
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