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Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet

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French general (1734-1793)

FranceLived 1734 to 1793 · aged 59
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Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet commanded the French Army of Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Despite this fate his son Jean Baptiste Brunet also became a French general.

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Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis
list of names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

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Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet commanded the French Army of Italy during the French Revolutionary Wars and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Despite this fate his son Jean Baptiste Brunet also became a French general. From the minor nobility, he entered the French Royal Army as a gunner in 1755, transferred to an infantry unit and fought in the Seven Years' War. He received the Order of Saint-Louis and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1779.

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Lived 1734 to 1793 · aged 59
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