Vincent de Tinténiac
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Vincent de Tinténiac was a French general.
he had served as a naval lieutenant but been dismissed. In 1791 he joined the Association bretonne of Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie, in which he served as a liaison officer between Brittany and Jersey. On the Association's fall in 1793 he moved to fighting in the war in the Vendée, delivering to the Vendéens dispatches promising British help if they would help capture a port from the Republican forces. In 1794 Tinténiac helped Joseph de Puisaye to take command of the chouannerie
. He then took an active part in the Quiberon landings
, for which he was made a maréchal de camp, and then took command of a division of chouans. Charged with attacking the republican rear, he had to make a detour towards Saint-Brieuc
, during which he was killed in a skirmish at château de Coetlogon
.
Life
Before the French RevolutionFrench Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
he had served as a naval lieutenant but been dismissed. In 1791 he joined the Association bretonne of Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie, in which he served as a liaison officer between Brittany and Jersey. On the Association's fall in 1793 he moved to fighting in the war in the Vendée, delivering to the Vendéens dispatches promising British help if they would help capture a port from the Republican forces. In 1794 Tinténiac helped Joseph de Puisaye to take command of the chouannerie
Chouannerie
The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising in twelve of the western departements of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the French Revolution, the First French Republic, and even, with its headquarters in London rather than France, for a time, under the Empire...
. He then took an active part in the Quiberon landings
Invasion of France (1795)
The invasion of France in 1795 or the Battle of Quiberon was a major landing on the Quiberon peninsula by émigré, counter-revolutionary troops in support of the Chouannerie and Vendée Revolt, beginning on 23 June and finally definitively repulsed on 21 July...
, for which he was made a maréchal de camp, and then took command of a division of chouans. Charged with attacking the republican rear, he had to make a detour towards Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc
Saint-Brieuc is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.-History:Saint-Brieuc is named after a Welsh monk Brioc, who evangelized the region in the 6th century and established an oratory there...
, during which he was killed in a skirmish at château de Coetlogon
Coëtlogon
Coëtlogon can refer to:* Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France* Coëtlogon, Côtes-d'Armor, a French commune* Coëtlogon, a French Navy frigate under the command of Dupetit-Thouars during the Boshin war in Japan....
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