François-Marie-Casimir Négrier
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François-Marie-Casimir Négrier (27 April 1788, Le Mans - 1848, Lille) was a French general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars
and the 1848 Revolution
. Aged 12 he accompanied Jean Lannes
on his embassy to Portugal. From 1830 he was colonel of the 54th Infantry Regiment
.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
and the 1848 Revolution
French Revolution of 1848
The 1848 Revolution in France was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Europe. In France, the February revolution ended the Orleans monarchy and led to the creation of the French Second Republic. The February Revolution was really the belated second phase of the Revolution of 1830...
. Aged 12 he accompanied Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"...
on his embassy to Portugal. From 1830 he was colonel of the 54th Infantry Regiment
54th Infantry Regiment (France)
The 54th Infantry Regiment is a line infantry regiment of the French Army.-Early service:It was formed in 1657 during the Ancien Régime as the régiment Mazarin-Catalans, being renamed the régiment Royal Catalan in 1661 then the régiment Royal Roussillon in 1667...
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