Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau
Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, 1782
Born	(1725-07-01)1 July 1725 Vendôme, Orléanais, France
Died	30 May 1807(1807-05-30) (aged 81) Thoré, Loir-et-Cher, France
Allegiance	France
Service / branch	French Royal Army
Years of service	1742–1792
Battles / wars	War of the Austrian Succession Siege of Maastricht Seven Years' War Battle of Minorca Battle of Krefeld Battle of Corbach Battle of Kloster Kampen American Revolutionary War Yorktown campaign Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Battle of the Chesapeake Siege of Yorktown French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition
Awards	Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Louis Society of the Cincinnati
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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who played a critical role in the Franco-American victory at siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the Expédition Particulière, the French expeditionary force sent to help the Americans fight against British forces.