la Côte-Saint-André
La Côte-Saint-André () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
Populations
Personalities
* Hector Berlioz was born here. His birthplace is now a museum: Musée Hector-Berlioz.
* Philippe du Contant de la Molette was ...
- 25 April 1820,
Ancy-sur-Moselle
Ancy-sur-Moselle (german: Ancy an der Mosel, from 1918: Anzig) is a former commune in the Moselle department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Ancy-Dornot.Ancien Régime
''Ancien'' may refer to
* the French word for "ancient, old"
** Société des anciens textes français
* the French for "former, senior"
** Virelai ancien
** Ancien Régime
** Ancien Régime in France
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Revolutionary
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Imperial
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armies and theoretician of the use of artillery (the
Gribeauval
Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (15 September 1715 – 9 May 1789) was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform g ...
system).
Life
The son of the artillery officer François du Teil (1704–1758), knight of the
order of Saint-Louis
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, and of Marguerite de Chambaran (died 1758), he became an artillery officer himself at a very young age. Lieutenant-colonel of the
régiment de Metz
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from 1785, he actively adhered to the principles of the Revolution, unlike his elder brother Jean-Pierre (who only accommodated rather than backed the Revolution, and was thus executed). From then on his rise within the army was meteoric: promoted to the rank of colonel in 1790, he soon became
maréchal de camp
''Maréchal de camp'' (sometimes incorrectly translated as field marshal) was a general officer rank used by the French Army until 1848.
The rank originated from the older rank of sergeant major general ( French: ''sergent-major général''). Se ...
(23 August 1792) then général de division (11 August 1793). He was made commander in chief of the artillery of the armée du Rhin (1792), then that of the armée des Alpes and
armée d’Italie
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(1793), participating in the
siege of Toulon
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.
Disdaining this last posting, he left it as soon as possible to go to command the artillery in the Alps, and the representatives of the people chose as his replacement then Brigadier General
Napoleon Bonaparte
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, who gained his first successes in this role. Du Teil next served in the
war in the Vendée
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in 1794. Discharged from the army as an aristocrat, he was only recalled to the ranks under the
Consulate
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, when he was put in command of the place de Lille, then that of Metz. He was made a commander of the Légion d’Honneur then a knight of the order of Saint Louis. He retired in 1813 to the village of
Ancy-sur-Moselle
Ancy-sur-Moselle (german: Ancy an der Mosel, from 1918: Anzig) is a former commune in the Moselle department in northeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Ancy-Dornot.Mardigny. They had 3 daughters:
*Marguerite-Louise du Teil de Beaumont (23 May 1776, Metz - ?, Metz, unmarried)
*Marguerite du Teil de Beaumont (24 January 1778, Metz - 14 March 1847, Ancy) - on 17 February 1793 married Jean-Baptiste Noirot, baron d’Empire and
maréchal de camp
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The rank originated from the older rank of sergeant major general ( French: ''sergent-major général''). Se ...
at
Strasbourg
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*Marie du Teil de Beaumont (21 February 1780, Metz - 8 February 1847, Ancy, unmarried)
Works
*''Manœuvres d'infanterie pour résister à la cavalerie et l'attaquer aver succès'' ("Infantry manoeuvres to successfully resist and attack cavalry", 1782), Metz,
octavo
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with plates.
*''Usage de l'artillerie nouvelle dans la guerre de campagne ; connaissance nécessaire aux officiers destinés à commander toutes les armes'' (1778), Metz, octavo with plates