François Marie, comte d'Aboville (23 January 1730 – 1 November 1817) was a
French ''général de division'' (
major general). He was the father of
Augustin Gabriel d'Aboville and
Augustin-Marie d'Aboville. He was born in
Brest. He fought in the
Seven Years' War
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. He fought in the
American Revolutionary War
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against the
British
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at the
siege of Yorktown
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in 1781. He fought at the
Battle of Valmy
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in the
War of the First Coalition
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. During the
Hundred Days
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of 1815 and after the
Bourbon Restoration, he served in the
Chamber of Peers. He was a grand officer of the
Legion of Honour
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and a recipient of the Grand Cross of the
Order of Saint Louis
The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis () is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France). It was intended as a reward for exceptional officers, notable as the fi ...
.
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1730 births
1817 deaths
French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War
Members of the Sénat conservateur
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Hundred Days
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Louis
Counts of the First French Empire
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