Charles Grangier de la Ferrière (21 September 1738,
Pontchâteau8 March 1794, Paris) was a French general of the
War of the First Coalition.
Life
He entered the French army on 12 April 1756, joining a
gendarme
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regiment before moving to the line infantry 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
capture of Porrentruy.
He was promoted to brigade-general in the
Army of the Alps
The Army of the Alps (''Armée des Alpes'') was one of the French Revolutionary armies. It existed from 1792–1797 and from July to August 1799, and the name was also used on and off until 1939 for France's army on its border with Italy.
1792†...
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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1738 births
1794 deaths
French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution