Paul-Eugène Marquis de Faudoas-Barbazan (born in

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on 18 mai 1788 and died in

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on 13 September 1844) was a French officer who participated to the

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Family

The Marquis de Faudoas married on 24 September 1833 with Julia-Maria Bowen. This couple then gave birth to two daughters named successively Marie-Julie-Eugénie de Faudoas and Marguerite de Faudoas.

Training

The ''Marquis de Faudoas'' received his military training as an

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in the ''École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie'' in Fontainebleau from 29 September 1803.

Military career

The Marquis de Faudoas began his military career with the post of aide-de-camp and then ordainer of Savary from 1807 to 1811. Successively, he obtained a promotion to the rank of colonel of the 3rd Lancers Regiment and of the 25th Hunter Regiment during the year 1813. He actively participated in the command of the 4th regiment of hunters during the

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period in France during the year 1815. He began a long period of non-activity from 1815 to 1823, before being recalled again to the

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in the rank of Colonel of the 3rd regiment of hunters on 30 July 1823. He was promoted to the rank of

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on 22 February 1829.

French conquest of Algeria

The Marquis was recalled to

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in the year 1832 to work for the pacification of

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against the permanent insurrection of the Algerians against the

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occupation. On 6 April 1832, he commanded with the Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg an expedition of horsemen to the bank of Oued El Harrach east of the

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, which ended in the

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the next day. He organized a battle in

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on 2 October 1837 which ended in the defeat of the Algerians and the loss of 500 rebels.

Return to France

Back in France, he was awarded the rank of

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on 24 August 1838, and he took command of the 11th Military Division on 27 October 1841.

Death

The ''Marquis de Faudoas'' died in

on 13 September 1844 at the age of 56 and was buried in a cemetery in the city.

Gallery

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Anne Jean Marie René Savary Anne Jean Marie René Savary, 1st Duke of Rovigo (26 April 17742 June 1833) was a French military officer and diplomat who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the French invasion of Algeria. He was Minister of Police ...

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(1832)

References

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