Marie François Rouyer
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Adjudant Général Marie François Rouyer at the battle of Fleurus, 1794.
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| Born |
2 March 1765 Vouxey, Lorraine, France |
| Died |
10 August 1824 (aged 59) Barville, Vosges, France |
| Allegiance |
 France
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| Service/branch | Cavalry, Infantry |
| Years of service | 1783–1814(?) |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards |
Légion d'Honneur, 1804 Order of Saint Louis, 1814 |
| Other work | Baron of the Empire, 1809 |
Marie François Rouyer (2 March 1765 – 10 August 1824) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1783 he joined the army of a German state and became a lieutenant of dragoons within three years. In 1791 he joined the French army as an infantry captain. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, becoming an Adjutant General Chef de brigade (colonel) on 12 April 1794. He won promotion to general of brigade on 30 July 1799. Napoleon Bonaparte named him a commander of the Légion d'Honneur on 14 June 1804.
Assigned to lead a brigade in the VI Corps, he fought at Haslach-Jungingen and Dürrenstein in the War of the Third Coalition. He earned advancement to general of division on 24 December 1805 but continued to lead a brigade. The following year he fought at Halle, Waren-Nossentin, and Lübeck. In the last action he captured Carl Carlsson Mörner and 600 Swedes. In 1807, he led his troops at Mohrungen and Braunsberg before being given command of a Hessian division.
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