Amédée Willot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Amédée Willot

French soldier and politician

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1755

Place of Birth: Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1823

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Amédée Willot

  • Amédée Willot, Count of Gramprez, (31 August 1755 – 17 December 1823) held several military commands during the French Revolutionary Wars but his association with Jean-Charles Pichegru led to his exile from France in 1797.
  • He joined the French Royal Army as a volunteer in 1771 and was a captain by 1787.
  • He was elected commander of a volunteer battalion in 1792 and served in the War of the Pyrenees.
  • Shortly after being promoted commander of a light infantry regiment Willot was appointed general of brigade in June 1793.
  • A few months later he was denounced as a Royalist and jailed.
  • In the light of later events, this may have been an accurate assessment of Willot's sentiments.
  • After release from prison in January 1795, he led troops in Spain during the summer campaign.
  • He was promoted to general of division in July 1795. Willot transferred to the War in the Vendée where he served until spring 1796.
  • During this period he was temporarily in command of the Army of the West.
  • He was in charge of the 8th Military Division at Marseilles until his election to the Council of Five Hundred in April 1797.
  • He aligned himself with the Royalists who were regarded as a threat by powerful men in the French Directory.
  • After the Coup of 18 Fructidor he was deported to French Guiana with others belonging to Pichegru's faction, but later escaped.
  • Willot overtly embraced the Royalist cause and worked with France's enemies to overthrow the First French Republic.
  • After drifting to several nations, he spent the years of the First French Empire in the United States.
  • Returning to France with King Louis XVIII he was ennobled as a count and given awards for his loyalty.
  • His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 34.

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