Charles Eugène de Lalaing d'Audenarde (13 November 1779 – 4 March 1859) was an officer in the French army during the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia ...

and the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. He was born in the

House of Lalaing The de Lalaing is a noble family from the south of Flanders (Lallaing is currently in France) which played an important role in the history of the County of Hainaut and of the Netherlands. The current family belongs to the Belgian nobility. H ...

, descendant of Philip de Lalaing, Lord of La Mouillerie. His father was Eugène-François de Lalaing d'Audenaerde, Lord Chamberlain of the Empress and his mother was Agathe-Sophie d'Epegrac.Notice historique & généalogique sur la vicomté d'Audenarde /Désiré-Joseph Vander Meersch His name is inscribed on the Eastern pillar (column 12) of the Arc de Triomphe.

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