Joseph Lagrange
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Count Joseph Lagrange (10 January 1763 - 16 January 1836) was a French soldier who rose through the ranks and gained promotion to the rank of general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars
, subsequently pursuing a successful career during the Napoleonic Wars
and winning promotion to the top military rank of General of Division.
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
, subsequently pursuing a successful career during the Napoleonic Wars
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 winning promotion to the top military rank of General of Division.