Pierre-Étienne De Perier
Pierre-Étienne de Perier (31 October 1893 – 22 June 1968) was a French divisional general, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and magazine editor. Early life Origins Antoine Pierre-Étienne de Perier was a member of the de Perier family. Its coat of arms bears "Silver, a fess of vert accompanied by four cinquefoils of the same laid one to each canton of the shield". He was born on 31 October 1893 in Laghouat, French Algeria, to Antoine Léonor de Perier (1842–1908), commander of the 2nd Battalion of African Light Infantry and Officer of the Legion of Honour, and Louise Loubère (1862–1939), daughter of colonel Jean-Louis Loubère, governor of French Guiana. Antoine Léonor de Perier, born in Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux where his father Antoine René de Perier (1800-1880), the mayor of the village, owned the château of la Madeleine, enlisted as a private in 1859 before becoming an officer in 1867. General de Perier's great-grandfather, colonel Antoine Daniel de ...
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Laghouat
Laghouat ( ar, الأغواط; en, Laghwat) is the capital of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, south of the Algerian capital Algiers. Located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, the town is an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara Desert. It is an important administrative and military center and marketplace, and is known for rug and tapestry weaving. Laghouat traces its history to at least the 11th century. It was ruled by the Ottoman Turks in 1786 and annexed to Beylik of Titteri (Médéa). The town experienced the brutal Siege of Laghouat in 1852, and came under French colonial rule until 1962. It was formerly the administrative center of one of the four "Territories of the South" forming the region of Algeria administered under Martial Law until the reform instituted by the Statue of Algiers law of 20 September 1947. Since 1974, it has been the seat of a province of the same name. The population of the town was 126,291 inhabitants in 2005. There are natural gas d ...
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