Antoine Louis Albitte
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Antoine Louis Albitte (30 December 1761, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime – 23 December 1812, Rossienie) was a French Revolutionary politician. He was deputy for
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in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention, where he was known as "Albitte the elder" to distinguish him from his brother Jean-Louis Albitte - he sat there from pluviôse, Year II. He also fought as an officer in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars - he died of cold, fatigue and hunger on the retreat from Russia after three days of suffering.


Life

Born into a merchant family in Dieppe, he studied at the town's
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college before studying law in
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, where he became a lawyer.. He set up home in Dieppe. and became a
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* * * * Françoise Brunel, « Albitte Antoine-Louis », dans * * * * * * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Albitte, Antoine People from Dieppe, Seine-Maritime 1761 births 1812 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly (France) Deputies to the French National Convention Jacobins Représentants en mission French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 18th-century French lawyers Politicians from Normandy French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars French invasion of Russia