Jean-François-Xavier Noguès (3 December 1769 – 9 January 1808) was a French general and politician. He was an aide-de-camp to

Louis Bonaparte Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French cl ...

. He served as a member of the

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from 1805 to 1808.

Early life

Jean-François-Xavier Noguès was born on 3 December 1769 in

Castelnau-Rivière-Basse Castelnau-Rivière-Basse is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. The commune shares its name with the village that lies within its boundaries. The actual village of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse stands on top of a ...

Hautes-Pyrénées Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs es, Altos Pirineos; ca, Alts Pirineus alts piɾiˈneʊs English: Upper Pyrenees) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. ...

. His father, Antoine Noguès, was a landowner in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse; his mother was Marie Rangon (or Ranson). One of his brothers,

Antoine Noguès Antoine Noguès (7 May 1777 – 21 December 1853) was a French Army general. He served in the Grande Armée as well as in the Hundred Days and the Waterloo Campaign. Early life Antoine Noguès was born on 7 May 1777 in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, H ...

, also became a general.

Career

Noguès joined the

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on 5 November 1791. He became a lieutenant on 2 March 1792 and a captain on 4 April 1792. He was wounded in

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in 1893, and promoted to

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. He was also wounded in Saint-Laurent de la Monga. He became

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on 4 November 1894, and he was appointed as Chief of the Defence Staff of the

Army of the Midi The Army of the Midi (''Armée du Midi'') was a unit of the French army, stationed in the Midi region and created by royal decree of Louis XVI on 13 April 1792. The first leader of the army was Jacques Bernard d'Anselme. References 1792 e ...

in 1795. He served alongside

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, and he was wounded in the battle of Pô in 1800. He appointed as

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on 28 July 1800. Noguès served in

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and

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in 1802, when he was captured by the English and sent back to France. He commanded the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

in June 1803, and he became an aide-de-camp to

in 1804. He was appointed as a

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in February 1805. When Louis Bonaparte left Paris in November 1805, Noguès became its commander. He served as Lieutenant Governor of

from 1802 to 1803. Noguès was elected as a member of the

from 21 September 1805, and he became its president on 6 November 1806. He was also appointed as a

constable of France The Constable of France (french: Connétable de France, from Latin for 'count of the stables') was lieutenant to the King of France, the first of the original five Great Officers of the Crown (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chanc ...

, and as the governor of The Hague by Louis Bonaparte in 1806. Noguès was a commander of the Legion of Honour.

Death

Noguès retired at the

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, also known as Château de Montas, in his hometown of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, where he died on 9 January 1808.

References

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