Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet

French politician and officer

Date of Birth: 03-May-1770

Place of Birth: Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1816

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Régis Barthélemy Mouton-Duvernet

  • Régis Barthélemy, Baron Mouton-Duvernet (3 May 1771 - 27 July 1816) was a French general who after the Hundred Days was executed by the Bourbon restoration. Born in Puy-en-Velay in 1771 Mouton-Duvernet entered the French army in 1785.
  • Having served in the colonies, mainly in Guadeloupe, upon the outbreak of the French revolution he served in the Siege of Toulon.
  • Mouton-Duvernet later served in the Italian campaign and distinguished himself at Arcole.
  • Having been promoted to colonel and given command of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, Mouton-Duvernet served in Spain.
  • Having been ennobled a baron in 1808, he was promoted to general de brigade in July 1811 and general de division in August 1813.
  • After the siege of Dresden he became prisoner of war.
  • Serving as governor of Valence, upon Napoleon's return in 1815 Mouton-Duvernet rallied to the emperor, serving in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative for the Haut-Loire.
  • Opposing the return of the Bourbons, he was made governor of Lyon on 2 July 1815. Upon the return of the Bourbons, he was declared a traitor by the Royal Ordinance of 24 July 1815, and he tried to hide but was arrested and tried by court-martial, which sentenced him to death on 25 July 1816.
  • Mouton-Duvernet was executed by firing squad on 27 July 1816 in Lyon. A street and a metro station in Paris are named in remembrance of the general. His name is inscribed on the western pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.

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