Charles Malo François Lameth
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France
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politician and soldier.
Born in Paris
Paris
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, he was in the retinue
Retinue
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of the comte d'Artois
County of Artois
The County of Artois was an historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659....
(future King Charles X
Charles X of France
Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
), and became an officer in a cuirassier
Cuirassier
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regiment. He served in the American War of Independence, was deputy to the Estates-General of 1789
Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people...
, which subsequently became the National Assembly
National Assembly (French Revolution)
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly , which existed from June 17 to July 9, 1789, was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly.-Background:...
and National Constituent Assembly
National Constituent Assembly
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. As the Assembly began to divide into factions, Lameth, a constitutional monarchist
Constitutional monarchy
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, was identified with the Feuillant
Feuillant
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s. Since the French Revolution
French Revolution
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moved toward a Republic, he emigrated
Émigré
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.
He returned to France under the Consulate
French Consulate
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, and was appointed governor of Würzburg
Würzburg
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(in the Duchy of Würzburg) under the First Empire
First French Empire
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. In 1814, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
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. Like his brother Alexandre Lameth
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth was a French soldier and politician.He was born in Paris. Having served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, he was sent in 1789 as deputy to the States-General by the nobles of the bailliage of Péronne...
(but unlike his other one, Théodore de Lameth), after the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
, Charles joined the Bourbon
House of Bourbon
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camp, succeeding Alexandre as deputy in 1829. In the final years of his life, he was nonetheless a noted supporter of the July Monarchy
July Monarchy
The July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
.