Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac

Jean-Girard Lacuée (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒiʁaʁ lakɥe]), count of Cessac (château de Lamassas),[1] near Hautefage-la-Tour in the arrondissement of Agen, 4 November 1752 - Paris, 18 June 1841) was a French general and politician, peer of France and Minister for War under Napoleon I of France. His name is inscribed on the south side (column 18) of the Arc de Triomphe.

Jean-Girard Lacuée
Born4 November 1752
Hautefage-la-Tour (Lot-et-Garonne)
Died18 June 1841
Paris
AllegianceFrance
Service / branchCavalry
RankGénéral de division
Other workpeer of France

Life

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Lacuée was born near Agen in 1752. He became a member of the Institute, minister of state in 1807, and minister of the administration of war in 1810. He died in 1841.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Castle of Lamassas on Napoleon & Empire website
  2. ^ Thomas 1892, p. 1351.

References

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  • Mullié, Charles (1852). "Lacuée (Jean-Gérard)" . Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850  (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie.
  • Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Iacchus – Zype), vol. 2, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 1351
  • "Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
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