Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambronne Viscount Cambronne | |
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Born | Nantes, France | 26 December 1770
Died | 29 January 1842 Nantes, France | (aged 71)
Allegiance | French First Republic First French Empire Kingdom of France |
Service | French Army |
Years of service | 1792–1823 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Officer of the Legion of Honour |
Pierre Jacques Étienne, 1st Viscount Cambronne (26 December 1770 – 29 January 1842), was a general of the First French Empire. A main strategist of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, he was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.