Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772)

Charles Leclerc
Portrait by François-Joseph Kinson, 1804
Born	17 March 1772 (1772-03-17) Pontoise, France
Died	2 November 1802(1802-11-02) (aged 30) Tortuga, Saint-Domingue
Allegiance	Kingdom of France  French First Republic
Service/branch	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.