Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLouis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur
French politician
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Place of Birth: Rabastens, Occitania, France
About Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur
- Louis Pierre de Chastenet, comte de Puységur (30 December 1727, Rabastens, Tarn – October 1807, Rabastens) was a French soldier under the Ancien Régime.
- A lieutenant général from 1781, he became minister of war in the ministry of Jacques Necker, from 30 November 1788 to 12 July 1789.
- Replaced by Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, he received marks of esteem from the Assembly.
- Remaining faithful to the king, he commanded a small troop of gentlemen and defended the Tuileries against the Revolutionaries on 10 August 1792, and emigrated soon afterwards.
- He returned on Napoleon's seizure of power on 18 Brumaire and institution of the First French Empire, and died in his home town.
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