Jean Dembarrère Explained

Birth Date:3 July 1747
Birth Place:Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Rank:Général de division
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Branch: French Royal Army

Battles:French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Awards:Legion of Honour (Grand Officier)
Order of Saint Louis (Knight)

Jean, comte Dembarrère (3 July 1747 – 3 March 1828) was a French general and engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Biography

Born into a noble family in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Dembarrère entered the École royale du génie de Mézières in 1768.

A military engineer, he was head of engineering for the Army of Italy. He was a later a member of the Sénat conservateur which deposed Napoleon and restored the Bourbons.

He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis. His name is one of the 660 inscribed under the Arc du Triomphe.

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