Antoine-François, comte

Comte

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 Andréossy (6 March 1761 – 10 September 1828) was a French

France

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 general and diplomat of noble

French nobility

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 origin and Italian

Italian people

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 descent.

Biography

Born in Castelnaudary

Castelnaudary

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 (Aude

Aude

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), he had a brilliant career at the school of artillery at Metz

Metz

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. In 1781, he obtained his commission in the artillery in and saw service in the Dutch Civil War

Patriots (faction)

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 (1787). After the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

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, Andréossy served under Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon I of France

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, commanding the bridging train of the Army of Italy

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 after June 1796, serving with distinction in the battle of the Bridge of Arcole

Battle of the Bridge of Arcole

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 and in the siege of Mantua

Siege of Mantua

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.

Promoted to Brigadier General

Brigadier General

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 in November 1797, the following July he commanded the French flotilla

Flotilla

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 on the Nile

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, and then served as Louis Alexandre Berthier

Louis Alexandre Berthier

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's assistant in Syria

Syria

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. He returned to France with Napoleon, assisted him during the 18 Brumaire coup

18 Brumaire

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, and became Général de Division

Général

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in 1800.

After holding various artillery appointments, he was ambassador

Ambassador

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 to the Kingdom of Great Britain

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, and then to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 briefly in 1803, the Austrian Empire

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, and the Ottoman Empire

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 (1812–1814). On 24 February 1809, he was created a count

Count

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 of the First French Empire

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.

An advocate of the recall of the House of Bourbon

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 on the fall of Napoleon, Andréossy held high military administrative offices after the Bourbon Restoration

Bourbon Restoration

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, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies

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in 1827.