Pierre Quétineau (1756 – 17 March 1794) was a general officer in the

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during the

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Career

In command in the

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at the time of the

, he was attacked by superior forces at the town of

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whose walls were in ruins and unable to hold off an assault; he retreated to

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. In the

Battle of Thouars The Battle of Thouars (5 May 1793) was a battle between Royalist and Republican French forces during the War in the Vendée. The Royalists or Vendeans led by Louis Marie de Lescure, Charles de Bonchamps and Henri de La Rochejaquelein seized t ...

on 5 May 1793 the Vendean rebels captured the town and took him and his troops prisoner. He and his captured troops were released but when he reached Saumur he was arrested and thrown into prison. When the rebels also won the Battle of Saumur he fell into their hands again. The Royalist generals asked him to join them, pointing out that the

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would not forgive his defeat. Nevertheless, Pierre Quétineau left to rejoin his army. He was judged by the

Revolutionary Tribunal The Revolutionary Tribunal (french: Tribunal révolutionnaire; unofficially Popular Tribunal) was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It eventually became one of the ...

, condemned to death, and guillotined on 17 March 1794. His wife, Jeanne Robert Latreille appeared at the trial of Jacques Hébert and the Hébertists, and was also later guillotined in 1794. {{DEFAULTSORT:Quetineau, Pierre 1756 births 1794 deaths French generals Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Republican military leaders of the War in the Vendée French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution