Annet Morio de L'Isle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French officer
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Place of Birth: Chantelle, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Annet Morio de L'Isle
- Annet Morio de L'Isle (3 January 1779 – 22 February 1828) became a French and Dutch brigade commander during the Napoleonic Wars.
- In 1799 he joined a cavalry regiment and was posted to the Army of Italy in 1800 where he was wounded.
- He became an aide-de-camp to Louis Bonaparte in 1804 and went with Louis when he became King of Holland in 1806.
- He became a general of brigade in the Dutch army in 1809 and led a German brigade at the Third Siege of Gerona.
- After the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by the First French Empire in 1810, Morio was demoted to colonel in the French army.
- Starting in December 1810, he led the 16th Light Infantry Regiment at Cádiz, Albuera, Bornos and Tarifa.
- He was promoted general of brigade and appointed Baron of the Empire in 1813.
- He fought at Leipzig in 1813 and at Mainz in 1814.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 21.
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