Frédéric Benoît Victoire Jullien (13 April 1785 – 28 August 1825) was a French officer. Unlike his elder brothers, General Louis Joseph Victor Jullien de Bidon and Captain Thomas Prosper Jullien, he made his name under the

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Early life

Jullien was born on 13 April 1785 in the

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enclave of the

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Military career

In August 1807 he was made a lieutenant in Italy and on 8 May 1809 he fought in the

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. While crossing the river during the battle he received a sabre cut across his right cheek, stretching from his ear to his upper lip. In April 1809 the second Austrian campaign began and despite his wound, Jullien rejoined his unit in Germany that July. He was made a captain in the 28th Dragoon Regiment of the

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in August, at

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. He fought in the campaigns in France from January to April 1814 during which

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failed to prevent the Allied invasion of France and hold onto the throne. He ceased to serve in the imperial forces on 6 April 1814 after Napoleon's abdication. Under the Restoration which followed, he was made a captain of the Dragons de la Manche, before being made a Knight of the

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on 18 December 1816. He was made a Knight of the

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on 18 December 1822 as lieutenant colonel of the 4e Régiment de la Gironde.

Death

He died of several wounds at Lapalud on 28 August 1825. He had one son, Eugène-Frédéric Louis Marie-Victor de Jullien (16 December 1824 – 1836). His now-vanished tomb bore the inscription (translated into English):

References

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