Charles Grangier de la Ferrière (21 September 1738,

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8 March 1794, Paris) was a French general of the

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Life

He entered the French army on 12 April 1756, joining a

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regiment before moving to the

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in 1758. On 5 February 1792 he was made colonel of the 23rd Infantry Regiment. On 28 April 1792 he was général Custine's second-in-command in the

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. He was promoted to brigade-general in the

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on 15 May 1793, but was sacked on 7 October 1793 and arrested on 29 October the same year at Mende. He was transported to Paris and condemned to execution by the revolutionary tribunal. He was guillotined on 8 March 1794.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grangier de la Ferriere 1738 births 1794 deaths French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution