Benoît de Boigne
✓ Source-basedstableSavoyard mercenary (1751-1830)
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Benoît Leborgne, better known as Count Benoît de Boigne or General Count de Boigne, was a mercenary from the Duchy of Savoy who made his fortune and name in India with the Marathas. He was also named president of the general council of the French département of Mont-Blanc by Napoleon I.
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Portrait of Benoît de Boigne
Fur shop of the time
Portrait engraving of de Boigne by Goutière, 1835.
Warren Hastings, engraving from a portrait by Joshua Reynolds
Painting of Antoine Polier, Johan Zoffany, Claude Martin and John Wombwell.
Portrait of Benoît de Boigne by Boilly, 1823.
Fort of Gwalior
Portrait of Benoît de Boigne after the battle of Patan.Awards 2
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About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1751 to 1830 · aged 79
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