Louis-François Jeannet (5 November 1768 in Arcis-sur-Aube – 23 July 1832 in Bourg) was a French general. Born to a merchant family and brother of Nicolas Georges Jeannet-Oudin,Boyer-Peyreleau, ''op. cit.'', p.78 Jeannet joined the Army on 10 August 1784 in the Royal-Infanterie. At the outbreak of the

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, he joined a battalion of National Volunteers,Joseph Fr. Michaud and Louis Gabriel Michaud,''op. cit'' rising to sous-lieutenant in the 4th Dragoon regiment on 4 April 1792, full lieutenant in August, and Captain on 15 October in the Légion des Ardennes. Jeannet took part in the

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, where he was wounded. He was promoted to ''Chef d’escadron'' (

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) in the 16e Régiment de chasseurs à cheval, and served as an aid to general Picot-Dampierre in the

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, taking part in the

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. He was promoted to colonel on 7 September 1793. Jeannet was then transferred to the

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as chief of Staff to general Kellermann. He served in the

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, and captained the

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for the departments of

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. In 1796, he was transferred to the Armée de Hollande. On 1 October 1799, Jeannet was sent to

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, and promoted to acting brigadier general on 14 juillet 1800. Jeannet returned to France on 5 July 1801 aboard the frigate ''Cornélie'', and retired. In 1810, he took up his commission again, serving in Holland, and in Spain during the

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. He distinguished himself at the

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on 21 June 1813, and was made a Knight of the

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on 1 September 1813. He took part in the

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(29 January 1814), of Montmirail (11 February) and of

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(20 March). On 15 May, his commissioned as a brigadier general was confirmed. At the Bourbon Restauration in 1814, he was forced to retire, and was appointed Knight of the Order of Saint-Louis on 13 February 1815. During the

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, and put in charge of the département of

. After the

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, he retreated behind the Loire river and attempted to obtain a military commission again, attempting the raise battalions of Federates in Ain with the help of prefect

Jean-Jacques Baude Jean-Jacques Baude (19 February 1792 - 6 February 1862) was a French administrator and politician. He was a deputy from 1830 to 1839, and again from 1842 to 1846. Early years Baron Jean-Jacques Baude was born in Valence, Drôme on 19 February 179 ...

, but he had to retire again.

Notes and references

* ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'', Joseph Fr. Michaud and Louis Gabriel Michaud, Michaud, 184
vol. 68
* ''Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Exiles And Refugees on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835'', Rafe Blaufarb, University of Alabama Press, 2005 - 302 pages
p.207
* Société d'Emulation de l'Ai

* ''Les Antilles françaises, particulièrement la Guadeloupe, depuis leur découverte jusqu'au 1er janvier 1823'', colonel Eugène-Edouard Boyer-Peyreleau, Ladvocat, 182
p.78
* LEONORE (database of recipients of the LEgion of Honour), entr
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