Jean-Baptiste Juvénal Corbineau (; 1 August 1776,

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– 18 December 1848,

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) was a French cavalry general of the

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and

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. His two brothers

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and Hercule also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" (the three

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External links

Corbineau's biography at http://www.ecole-superieure-de-guerre.fr/
1776 births 1848 deaths People from Marchiennes Counts of the First French Empire Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy French generals French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe {{France-mil-bio-stub