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Paul Grenier

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French general (1768-1827)

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Count Paul Grenier was a French military officer. He joined the French royal army and rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a division in the 1796-1797 campaign in southern Germany. During the 1800 campaign in the Electorate of Bavaria he was a wing commander.

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
list of names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe
Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
Order of Saint Louis

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Count Paul Grenier was a French military officer. He joined the French royal army and rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a division in the 1796-1797 campaign in southern Germany. During the 1800 campaign in the Electorate of Bavaria he was a wing commander. Beginning in 1809, in the Napoleonic Wars, Emperor Napoleon entrusted him with corps commands in the Italian theater. A skilled tactician, he was one of the veteran generals who made the Napoleonic armies such a formidable foe to the other European powers. After the Bourbon Restoration he retired from the army and later went into politics. Grenier is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

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France
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1768 to 1827 · aged 59
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