Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier | |
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Engraved portrait of Reynier (1800), after a drawing by Jean-Urbain Guérin | |
Born | 14 January 1771 Lausanne, Switzerland |
Died | 27 February 1814 Paris, France | (aged 43)
Buried | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Service | French Army |
Years of service | 1792–1814 |
Rank | Divisional-General |
Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur Grand Cordon of the Order of the Reunion Grand Dignitary of the Royal Order of the Two-Sicilies Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry[1] |
Divisional-General Jean Louis Ébénézer Reynier (14 January 1771 – 27 February 1814) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.[2] He rose in rank to become a general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division under Napoleon in the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. During the Napoleonic Wars, he continued to hold important combat commands, eventually leading an army corps during the Peninsular War in 1810–1811 and during the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1812–1813.
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