Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Angles-sur-l'Anglin, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Antoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux
- Louis-Edmond Antoine le Picard de Phélippeaux (1767–1799), mainly referred to as Antoine de Phélippeaux, was a French émigré best known for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte in an effort to defend Egypt.
- In 1783, Louis Phélippeaux met Napoleon Bonaparte at the École Militaire in Paris where the two young men became lifelong enemies.
- Phélippeaux was also an enemy of the state to France, due to his loyalty to the Ancien Régime and his participation in many anti-revolutionary movements.
- Previously a French military officer, Phélippeaux immigrated to Great Britain in 1791 during the French Revolution.
- He served in the Army of Condé and fought against the French Republic.
- Fighting against Napoleon in a battle in Acre, Phélippeaux died from fever in May 1799.
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