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Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune (French pronunciation: [ɡijom maʁi an bʁyn], 13 March 1764 – 2 August 1815) was a French military commander, Marshal of the Empire, and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Jul 29, 2024 · Guillaume Brune (born March 13, 1763, Brive-la-Gaillarde, Fr.—died Aug. 2, 1815, Avignon) was the only one of Napoleon’s marshals associated with the French Revolutionary Reign of Terror. A distinguished cavalry commander, he consolidated his reputation as defender of Holland against the Allies.
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Commander of the town of Bordeaux. Supported Barras and Bonaparte (as a staunch republican) in opposition to the 13 Vendémiaire uprising, An IV (5 October 1795) Served in Italy at Arcole and Rivoli. Appointed Général de Division by Bonaparte, 1797. Commanded the armies of Helvetia and subsequently Italy in place of Berthier, 1798.
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, Marshal (1804) (Born Brive, 1763 - Died Avignon, 1815) Brune, more a general of the Revolution than of the Empire. Soon dismissed by Napoleon, ignored by Louis XVIII, killed by royalists. Son of a lawyer, Brune starts out as a journalist and printer.
Guillaume Brune. French Marshal 1763-1815. Another of Napoleon Bonaparte's marshals to die in the lead up to the Waterloo campaign, Guillaume Brune was a fervent republican who had fought for France from 1793 at such actions as Arcola, Rivoli, Alkmaar, Castricum and Marengo.
A short biography (with portrait) of Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune (1763-1815), Count of the Empire, Marshal of the First French Empire.
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This letter, was from Angelica Nicole Pierre, widow of the Marshal Guillaume Marie-Anne Brune, who requested from the King the right to lodge a complaint against the assassins of her husband.
