Simon Canuel
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Simon Canuel | |
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Born | Les Trois-Moutiers | 29 October 1767
Died | 11 May 1840 Loudun | (aged 72)
Allegiance | Kingdom of France(1787–1791) Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI(1791–1792) First French Empire(1792–1804) First French Empire(1804–1806) First Restoration(1814–1815) Catholic and Royal Army(1815) Second Restoration(1815–1830) |
Years of service | 1787–1830 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Grand Officer of theLegion of Honor Chevalier de Saint-Louis |
Simon Canuel(29 October 1767 – 11 May 1840) was aFrench general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
[edit]Canuel was born inLes Trois-Moutiers,in theVienne.
French Revolutionary Wars
[edit]He entered military service on January 3, 1787, as a soldier in theLimousin regiment ,and he earned all his military ranks in theWar in the Vendée,as he was promoted byJean Antoine RossignolandJean-Baptiste Kléber,to become a general. He fought along withLouis Blosse andPierre François Verger-Dubareau during thebattle of Savenay.
In April 1796, general-in-chief, Canuel led the campaign against a counter-revolutionary movement inSancerrois,led byAntoine Le Picard de Phélippeaux.
First Empire
[edit]Napoleon Idecided not to put Canuel on active service, keeping him in command of various quiet strongholds. Bored at the inaction, he went over to the Bourbons in 1814 and so during theHundred Daysthe following year had to take refuge among the Royalist insurgents of theVendée.
Later on, he took part in several conflicts, including theHundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louismission in Spain.
Death
[edit]He died on May 11, 1840, inLoudun.
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang (ed.s), "Simon Canuel" in Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie, 1878
- Mullié, Charles (1852). . (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie.