François-Marie-Casimir Négrier (27 April 1788 in Le Mans – 25 June 1848 in Lille) was a French general who fought in the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

and the

1848 Revolution The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea ...

. Aged 12 he accompanied

Jean Lannes Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Napoleon's ...

on his embassy to Portugal. From 1830 he was colonel of the 54th Infantry Regiment.

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* 1788 births 1848 deaths People from Le Mans French generals French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{france-mil-bio-stub