Marie François Rouyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general during the Napoleonic Wars
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Place of Birth: Vouxey, Grand Est, France
About Marie François Rouyer
- Marie François Rouyer (2 March 1765 – 10 August 1824) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.
- In 1783 he joined the army of a German state and became a lieutenant of dragoons within three years.
- In 1791 he joined the French army as an infantry captain.
- He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, becoming an Adjutant General Chef de brigade (colonel) on 12 April 1794.
- He won promotion to general of brigade on 30 July 1799.
- Napoleon Bonaparte named him a commander of the Légion d'Honneur on 14 June 1804. Assigned to lead a brigade in the VI Corps, he fought at Haslach-Jungingen and Dürrenstein in the War of the Third Coalition.
- He earned advancement to general of division on 24 December 1805 but continued to lead a brigade.
- The following year he fought at Halle, Waren-Nossentin, and Lübeck.
- In the last action he captured Carl Carlsson Mörner and 600 Swedes.
- In 1807, he led his troops at Mohrungen and Braunsberg before being given command of a Hessian division. He became a Baron of the Empire on 18 March 1809.
- In the War of the Fifth Coalition his division of French-allied Germans guarded Napoleon's line of communications.
- His forces were mauled at Franzensfeste on 4 August 1809 while attempting to suppress the Tyrolean Rebellion.
- In early 1810 he led a division in Catalonia.
- In 1813 and 1814, he commanded the 2nd Division in Italy at Caldiero and the Mincio.
- King Louis XVIII of France appointed him a chevalier of the Order of Saint Louis.
- He was buried at Barville, Vosges on 10 August 1824.
- ROUYER is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 1.
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