Benoît de Boigne
Savoyard mercenary (1751-1830) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 79
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
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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.
