Louis Joseph Lahure
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| Born | 29 December 1767 Mons, Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands |
| Died | 24 October 1853 October 24, 1853 (aged 86) Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, Nord, France |
| Allegiance |
 United States of Belgium French Republic French Empire Kingdom of France French Empire Kingdom of France French Republic French Empire
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| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1787–1853 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur Name inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe |
Louis Joseph Lahure (29 November 1767 in Mons – 24 October 1853 in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx) was a general from the Southern Netherlands in the service of the First French Republic and First French Empire.
Louis Joseph Lahure was born on November 29, 1767 in Mons in the Austrian Netherlands. He was the son of Nicolas Lahure and Marie-Thérèse du Buisson. He had a brother, Germain Lahure.
He studied at the Old University of Leuven.
Lahure served in the Brabant Revolution in 1787. He moved to Lille in France in 1790. He served in the Army of the North under General Nicolas Luckner. He served in the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse.
He became a general. Occupying Holland in January 1795, the French continental army learned that the Dutch navy had been frozen into the ice near Texel Island. Lahure and 128 men simply rode up to it and demanded surrender. No shots were fired and the Dutch fleet was captured.
Lahure became a naturalised French citizen. He was made a Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour and the Order of Leopold. He was also made a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis.
He married Anne de Warenghien de Flory in 1800. They had seven children. They resided at the Château de Wavrechain-sous-Faulx in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, northern France.
He died on October 24, 1853 in his chateau in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx.
His name is inscribed on the Arc de triomphe in Paris.
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