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Jean-Charles Pichegru | |
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 Portrait by Charles Howard Hodges, 1795 | |
| Born | 16 February 1761 Arbois or Les Planches-près-Arbois |
| Died | 5 April 1804 (aged 43) Paris |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French French First Republic |
| Years of service | 1783–1797 |
| Rank | Divisional general |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Jean-Charles Pichegru (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl(ə) piʃˈɡʁy]; 16 February 1761 – 5 April 1804) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars. Under his command, French troops overran Belgium and the Netherlands before fighting on the Rhine front. His royalist positions led to his loss of power and imprisonment in Cayenne, French Guiana during the Coup of 18 Fructidor in 1797. After escaping into exile in London and joining the staff of Alexander Korsakov, he returned to France and planned the Pichegru Conspiracy to remove Napoleon from power, which led to his arrest and death. Despite his defection, his surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3.