Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt

Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt
General Count Auguste de Caulaincourt
Born(1777-09-16)16 September 1777
Caulaincourt, Aisne, Kingdom of France
Died7 September 1812(1812-09-07) (aged 34)
Borodino, Russian Empire
AllegianceFrance
Service / branchCavalry
RankGeneral of Division
Battles / warsFrench Revolutionary Wars,
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsCount of the Empire
Relationsson of Gabriel-Louis de Caulaincourt
brother of Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt

Auguste-Jean-Gabriel, comte de Caulaincourt (French pronunciation: [oɡyst ʒɑ̃ ɡabʁjɛl kolɛ̃kuʁ]; 16 September 1777 – 7 September 1812) was a French cavalry commander who rose to the rank of general during the First French Empire.

He was the son of French general and senator Gabriel-Louis de Caulaincourt and younger brother of general and diplomat Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt.[1]

  1. ^ Fierro, Alfredo; Palluel-Guillard, André; Tulard, Jean. Histoire et Dictionnaire du Consulat et de l'Empire, Éditions Robert Laffont, ISBN 2-221-05858-5, p. 600.