Jean Boudet

Jean Boudet
General of Division Jean Boudet
Born9 February 1769
Bordeaux, France
Died14 September 1809(1809-09-14) (aged 40)
Moravské Budějovice, Austrian Empire
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of the French
 First French Republic
 First French Empire
Service/branchArmy
Years of servicebefore 1785 - 1809
RankGénéral de division
Commands held4th division of IV army corps
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars
(Siege of Toulon,
Marengo,
Saint-Domingue),
Napoleonic Wars (Essling)
AwardsComte de l'Empire,
Légion d'honneur,
Order of the Iron Crown

Jean Boudet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ budɛ]; 9 February 1769, in Bordeaux – 14 September 1809, in Moravské Budějovice, now in the Czech Republic) was a French général de division of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The campaigns in which he was involved include the Saint-Domingue expedition. He was made a grand officer of the Légion d'honneur on 2 June 1809 and a knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, as well as a Comte de l'Empire in 1808. His name is engraved on the 16th column of the east side of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.


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