Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély | |
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 Portrait,c. 1860 | |
| Born | (1794-07-30)30 July 1794 Paris, France |
| Died | 1 February 1870(1870-02-01) (aged 75) Cannes, France |
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| Branch | French Army |
| Years of service | c. 1813–1870 |
| Rank | Maréchal de France |
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Auguste Michel Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, later2nd Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély (30 July 1794 – 1 February 1870), was aMarshal of France, soldier and politician.
Auguste was the illegitimate son ofMichel-Louis-Étienne, Count Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély,[1] and of his mistress Marie-Louise Chenié, who died shortly after his birth, he was recognised by his father some months later and adopted by the latter's wife in 1795.[citation needed]
Regnaud served as a lieutenant in a regiment of hussars during the campaign of Saxe in 1813. He fought at theBattle of Leipzig, after which he became a member of EmperorNapoleon's personal military staff.[citation needed]
As he had served as a personalofficier d'ordonnance to the Emperor atWaterloo,[citation needed] he was dismissed from the army by the Restoration government with the rank of lieutenant.[1] In 1825, he went toGreece, fought in thewar of independence[1] and was in charge of the instruction of a cavalry corps in the new Greek army. In 1828, he took part in theMorea expedition of the French army as an interpreter. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1829.[citation needed]
During theJuly Monarchy, Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély served as a colonel in the expedition toBelgium. He was promoted togénéral de brigade in 1841 and togénéral de division in 1849. In 1848, he was elected deputy and sat on the right.[1] In 1851, he served for a fortnight as minister of war. In 1852, he backedLouis-Napoléon Bonaparte and, as a reward, he was made a senator for life.[citation needed] Under theSecond Empire, he went through theCrimean and Italian campaigns, and ultimately was createdMarshal of France in 1859 for bravery at theBattle of Magenta.[1]
Marshal Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély married Anne-Angélique Ruby, who bore him no children. He adopted her daughter from a previous marriage, Flore-Angélique Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély.[citation needed]
Since his father never married his mother (who died some months after the redaction of a marriage contract), Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély had not been able to succeed to his title of count. Notwithstanding, Napoléon III granted him the title again in November 1864, with the special permission to pass it at his death to the husband of his adoptive daughter, Edmond Davillier. The latter took the surname "Davillier-Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d'Angély" and was confirmed in the succession of the title of count at the death of his father-in-law. However, it became extinct at his own death in 1908 since he had only a daughter from his marriage with the Marshal's stepdaughter.[citation needed]
Marshal Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély died inCannes in 1870 and was buried in theHôtel des Invalides in Paris.[citation needed]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angély, Michel Louis Étienne, Comte s.v. Auguste Michel Étienne Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angély".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 46–47.| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister of War 9 January 1851 – 24 January 1851 | Succeeded by |
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