Charles Leclerc | |
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Born | 17 March 1772 Pontoise, France |
Died | 2 November 1802 Tortuga, Saint-Domingue | (aged 30)
Allegiance | Kingdom of France French First Republic |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1791–1802 |
Rank | Général de division |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Saint-Domingue expedition |
Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl viktwaʁ emanɥɛl ləklɛʁ]; 17 March 1772 – 2 November 1802) was a French Army general who served under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolution. He was husband to Pauline Bonaparte, sister to Napoleon. In 1801, he was sent to Saint-Domingue (Haiti), where an invasion force under his command captured and deported the Haitian leader Toussaint Louverture, as part of an unsuccessful attempt to reassert imperial control over Saint-Domingue and reinstate slavery on the local population. Leclerc died of yellow fever during the failed invasion.
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