Jean Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul | |
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| Born | 13 May 1754 Château de Salette, Cahuzac-sur-Vère, France |
| Died | 14 February 1807 (aged 52) Eylau, Prussia |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1771–1807 |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Member of the Legion of Honour (11 December 1803) Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur (14 June 1804) Grand Eagle of the Légion d'honneur (8 February 1806) |
| Other work | Sénat conservateur |
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Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf ɑ̃ʒ dopul]; 13 May 1754 – 14 February 1807) was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries.
Efforts by the French Revolutionary government to remove him from his command failed when his soldiers refused to give him up. A big, loud-voiced man, he led from the front of his troops. Although the failure of his cavalry to deploy at the Battle of Stockach (1799) resulted in a court martial, he was exonerated and went on to serve in the Swiss campaign in 1799, at the Second Battle of Stockach, the Battle of Biberach, and later at Battle of Hohenlinden. He served under Michel Ney and Joachim Murat; he was killed in Murat's massive cavalry charge of the Battle of Eylau in 1807.