Angélique Brûlon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French soldier
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Place of Birth: Dinan, Brittany, France
About Angélique Brûlon
- Marie-Angélique Josèphe Brûlon, née Duchemin (January 20, 1772 – July 13, 1859), was a French soldier.Born in Dinan into a soldier family, Duchemin married a soldier named Brûlon and served from 1792–1799 in the defence of Corsica.
- She initially fought disguised as a man along with her husband, but was eventually discovered to be a woman.
- Despite this, she had shown such valour in battle that she was allowed to remain in service.
- She survived her husband and was proficient with sword and dagger in hand-to-hand combat.
- In 1797, she asked to be allowed into Les Invalides after she received severe wounds in the siege of Calvi, but was denied seven years.
- When she received the pension in 1804, she was also promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Napoleon III decorated her as a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honour on August 15, 1851, the first woman to receive that honor.
- The first request on her behalf, filed by marshal Sérurier in 1804, had not been granted.
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