Pierre Cambronne


Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambronne

Viscount Cambronne
Portrait of Cambronne, 1815
Born(1770-12-26)26 December 1770
Nantes, France
Died29 January 1842(1842-01-29) (aged 71)
Nantes, France
AllegianceFrench First Republic
First French Empire
Kingdom of France
Service / branchFrench Army
Years of service1792–1823
RankBrigadier General
Battles / warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsOfficer 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.