Charles Edward Jennings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Edward Jennings

Irish soldier

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1751

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1799

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

General Charles Edward Saul Jennings (19 October 1751 – 11 December 1799), sometimes romanticised as Brave Kilmaine, was an Irish soldier and revolutionary who served France in the eighteenth century.
He was committed to the cause of Irish independence and an active supporter of the French Revolution.
Jennings is known to have been an associate of Theobald Wolfe Tone and served as a brigade and division commander under Napoleon I. Jennings served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.
He played a minor role in the Irish independence movement.
Jennings was known for his personal reserve and as one of the most charismatic Irish generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.
Though he was not ennobled, he is sometimes referred to as de Kilmaine and Baron de Kilmaine in reference to the Jennings' ancestral home in Kilmaine, County Mayo.