Pierre Garnier de Laboissière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre Garnier de Laboissière

French soldier, politician and officer

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1755

Place of Birth: Chassiecq, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1809

Profession: military personnel, politician, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Pierre Garnier de Laboissière

  • Pierre Garnier, comte de Laboissière (11 March 1755 – 14 April 1809) was a French army general who commanded an infantry division during the War of the Second Coalition.
  • After enrolling in a military academy in 1769, he joined a dragoon regiment in 1772 as a sous lieutenant.
  • In 1779 he was promoted to captain.
  • In late 1792 during the War of the First Coalition he was given command of a cavalry regiment with the grade of colonel.
  • While serving in the Army of the Rhine he was captured by the Prussians.
  • After a prisoner exchange he was promoted to général de brigade in October 1793.
  • Laboissière was promoted to général de division in February 1799.
  • He fought at Stockach and led a division at Novi.
  • In the summer and fall of 1799 he fought in several actions near Genoa.
  • Later he commanded troops in Switzerland.
  • Napoleon appointed him to the Sénat conservateur in 1802, awarded him the Commander's Cross of the Légion d'Honneur in 1804 and made him a comte de l'empire in 1808.
  • He died in Paris in April 1809.
  • His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 15.

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