Louis Klein

Louis Klein
Born	29 January 1761 (1761-01-29) Blâmont Meurthe-et-Moselle
Died	2 November 1845 (1845-11-03) (aged 84) Paris
Allegiance
Service/branch	Cavalry
Years of service	1777–1787; 1790–1814
Rank	General of Division
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Officer's Grand Cross, Légion d'honneur Count of the Empire, 1808 Grand Cordon, Order of the Lion of Bavaria Order of Saint Louis Peer of France, 1831.[1]
Other work	Senator.

Dominique Louis Antoine Klein (19 January 1761 – 2 November 1845) served in the French military during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars as a general of cavalry.

Initially part of the house guard at the royal residences for Louis XVI, Klein left the military in 1787. During the French Revolution, he enlisted and rose rapidly from a lieutenant to a brigadier general; he participated in the French invasion of southwestern Germany in 1796, and was part of the Army of the Danube in 1799. His cavalry played critical roles in the battles of Austerlitz and Jena and Auerstadt. Following the Prussian campaign, he retired from active service, entered politics, and performed administrative duties in Paris.

Klein served in the French Senate, and voted for Napoleon Bonaparte's abdication in 1814; he did not participate in the Hundred Days and Louis XVIII of France raised him to the French peerage upon the second restoration.