General Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière.
Cenotaph of Lamoricière in the Nantes cathedral.
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière (5 September 1806 – 11 September 1865) was a French general.
Lamoricière was born at Nantes. He studied at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole d'Application. He was commissioned a sub-lieutenant in the Engineers in 1828. He served in the Algerian campaigns from 1830 onwards, being made a captain of Zouaves.[1]
By 1840 Lamoricière had risen to the grade of maréchal-de-camp (major-general). Three years later he was made a general of division. He was one of the most distinguished and efficient of Bugeaud's generals, rendering special service at Isly (14 August 1844). He acted temporarily as governor-general of Algeria, and finally effected the capture of Abd-el-Kader in 1847.[2]
Lamoricière played a part in the political events of 1848, both as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and as a military commander. Under the regime of General Cavaignac he was for a time minister of war (June 28 – December 20, 1848). From 1848 to 1851 Lamoricière was one of the most conspicuous opponents of the policies of Louis Napoleon, and following the coup d'état of 2 December 1851 he was arrested and exiled.[2]
Lamoricière refused to give his allegiance to the new Emperor Napoleon III. In 1860 he accepted command of the papal army, which he led in the Italian campaign of 1860.[1] On 18 September that year, he was severely defeated by the Italian army at Castelfidardo.[2]
His last years were spent in complete retirement in France where he had been allowed to return in 1857. He died at Prouzel (Somme) in 1865.[2]
His tomb at Nantes Cathedral, designed by Paul Dubois, was completed in 1875.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre 1913.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chisholm 1911, p. 131.
- ↑ Harpers Magazine. 76. Harper's Magazine Co.. 1888. p. 246. http://books.google.com/books?id=G_YvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=Military+Courage+(DuBois)&source=bl&ots=GsEJGg43Xj&sig=jLJG2XNqjRNg6HZn3A7W7JnhXo0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eEb-To8XqaraBfG8_ZQC&sqi=2&ved=0CFAQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Military%20Courage%20(DuBois)&f=false.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Delamarre, Louis N. (1913). "Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de la Moricière". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. "[[Wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Lamoricière, Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de|]]" Encyclopædia Britannica Cambridge University Press- E. Keller, Le General de Lamoricière (Paris, 1873).
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