Annet Morio de L'Isle (3 January 1779 – 22 February 1828) became a French and Dutch brigade commander during the

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. In 1799 he joined a cavalry regiment and was posted to the Army of Italy in 1800 where he was wounded. He became an aide-de-camp to

Louis Bonaparte Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French ...

in 1804 and went with Louis when he became

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in 1806. He became a

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in the Dutch army in 1809 and led a German brigade at the

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. After the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by the

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in 1810, Morio was demoted to

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in the French army. Starting in December 1810, he led the 16th Light Infantry Regiment at

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and

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. He was promoted general of brigade and appointed

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in 1813. He fought at

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in 1813 and at

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in 1814. His surname is one of the

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, on Column 21.

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