Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Valence, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Valence

French soldier and politician

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1757

Place of Birth: Agen, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1822

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jean-Baptiste Cyrus de Timbrune de Thiembronne, Comte de Valence (22 September 1757 – 4 February 1822) commanded French troops during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
A nobleman, he joined the French Royal Army as a captain of cavalry in 1778.
By the time of the French Revolution he commanded a cavalry regiment.
Valence led troops at Valmy in 1792 and was soon appointed to command the Army of the Ardennes.
He led the right wing at Neerwinden.
Becoming involved in Charles Francois Dumouriez's failed plot to seize control of the army, he defected in April 1793. Valence returned to France during an amnesty and was elected to the Sénat conservateur in 1805.
Emperor Napoleon named him to lead an infantry division in the Peninsular War where he led Polish troops at Ciudad Real and Almonacid in 1809.
He commanded a heavy cavalry division during the French invasion of Russia leading his horsemen at Borodino and Vyazma.
He served with Paul Grenier and Horace Sébastiani in the Hundred Days.
After the Bourbon Restoration he entered the Chamber of Peers in 1819 and died in 1822.
VALENCE is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 4.



Alternative names	Merry Joseph Blondel; Joseph Blondel; Blondel
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	25 July 1781	12 June 1853
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Authority control	: Q245624 VIAF: 39647231 ISNI: 0000 0000 6661 9819 ULAN: 500007112 WGA: BLONDEL, Merry-Joseph GND: 130109002