Thomas Robert Bugeaud
Marshal of France (1784-1849) · France · On the map · Died at 64
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization.
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The Bugeaud Dulong duel, in the image the ghostly figure is a reference to King Louis-Phillipe who it was claimed stoked the tensions as a means to distance himself from the treatment of the Duchess of Berry
Battle of Isly, propaganda oil painting by Horace Vernet.
Bugeaud entering the Moroccan camp after Isly, oil painting by Horace Vernet
The Ouled tribe suffocating by 'enfumade' of the cave of Dahra.
Bugeaud died at 1 Quai Voltaire in Paris (commemorative plate).Awards
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Born an aristocrat, he has a complex legacy, serving as a soldier during the Napoleonic wars, focusing on agriculture during Bourbon rule, then serving the July monarchy in Algeria during which he achieved undoubted military success, also utilised extreme violence and caused outrage at the time.