François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé
Deceased Person
1739 – 1800
Who was François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé?
François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé was a French general. After distinguishing himself in the Seven Years' War, he was appointed governor of Guadeloupe in 1768. His most well-known military exploits took place in the West Indies during the American War of Independence, where he was involved in the French capture of a number of British possessions. Following that war he returned to France, where he held military commands in the country's northeast at the time of the French Revolution. A committed Royalist, he was a leading conspirator involved in the royal family's failed flight in 1791, whose failure forced de Bouillé into exile. He continued to be active in consultative roles to members of the First Coalition, which opposed the forces of Revolutionary France in the early years of the French Revolutionary War. He died in exile in London, and is mentioned as a hated Royalist in the French national anthem, La Marseillaise.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1739
France - Also known as
- Francois Claude Amour, marquis de Bouille
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Nov 14, 1800
London
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on July 23, 2013
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