Jean, comte Dembarrère (3 July 1747 – 3 March 1828) was a French general and engineer during the
French Revolutionary and
Napoleonic Wars
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Biography
Born into a noble family in
Tarbes
Tarbes (; Gascon language, Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southwestern France. It is ...
(
Hautes-Pyrénées
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), Dembarrère entered the
École royale du génie de Mézières
The École royale du génie de Mézières (Royal Engineering School of Mézières) was a military engineering school in what is now Charleville-Mézières, France. It was founded in 1748 on proposal of the comte d'Argenson, then Secretary of st ...
in 1768.
A military engineer, he was head of engineering for the
Army of Italy. He was a later a member of the ''
Sénat conservateur
The (, "Conservative Senate") was an advisory body established in France during the French Consulate, Consulate following the French Revolution. It was established in 1799 under the Constitution of the Year VIII following the Napoleon Bonapa ...
'' which deposed Napoleon and restored the Bourbons.
He was a grand officer of the
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
and a knight 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 ...
. His name is one of the
660 inscribed under the Arc du Triomphe.
Works
* ''Coup d'oeil sur les parties diverses de la'' ''science militaire'' (1783)
* ''Eloge historique de'' ''Vauban'' (1784)
* ''Observations sur un imprimé'' ''du lieutenant-général comte de Sainte-Suzanne'' (1819)
* ''Chandelleries à opérer dans le'' ''système des places fortes'' (1819).
See also
*
References
* https://www.leonore.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/ui/notice/110264
* https://www.senat.fr/pair-de-france/dembarrere_jeanpf0089.html
* https://www.lepetitjournal.net/65-hautes-pyrenees/2020/10/18/napoleon-le-nomme-directeur-des-fortifications/
* https://lourdesactu.fr/2020/10/07/appel-aux-dons-du-souvenir-francais-de-lourdes-pour-la-restauration-de-la-tombe-du-general-jean-dembarrere/
* https://www.nrpyrenees.fr/2020/10/09/la-tombe-du-general-dembarrere-sera-renovee-9127809.php
* https://www.frenchempire.net/biographies/dembarrere/
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1747 births
1828 deaths
French military engineers
Generals of the First French Empire
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
Peers of France
Counts of the First French Empire
French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe