Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French army general
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Place of Birth: Hellimer, Grand Est, France
About Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg
- Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg (also spelled Schauenbourg), (born in Hellimer on 31 July 1748 and died in Geudertheim on 1 September 1831) was a French general who served in the wars of the French Revolution and the Empire.
- He briefly commanded the Army of the Moselle in 1793 during the War of the First Coalition.
- A nobleman, he joined the French Royal Army as a sous-lieutenant in 1764.
- The French Revolution led to rapid promotion and then to arrest for the crime of being an aristocrat.
- Later restored to command, he commanded Kehl in 1796 and invaded Switzerland in 1798.
- He served in Jean Victor Marie Moreau's army in 1800 and held commands in the interior under the First French Empire.
- He retired from the army in 1814 and died in 1831.
- Schawembourg is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 23.
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