Paul Grenier

Paul Grenier
Paul Grenier
Born	(1768-01-29)29 January 1768 Saarlouis, in modern-day Germany
Died	17 April 1827(1827-04-17) (aged 59) Dammartin-Marpain, Jura, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	Infantry
Years of service	1784-1815
Rank	General of Division
Battles/wars	War of the First Coalition Battle of Valmy (1792) Battle of Jemappes (1792) Battle of Fleurus (1794) Battle of Würzburg (1796) Battle of Neuwied (1797) War of the Second Coalition Battle of Verona (1799) Battle of Magnano (1799) Battle of Cassano (1799) Battle of Höchstädt (1800) Battle of Ampfing (1800) Battle of Hohenlinden (1800) War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Sacile (1809) Battle of Caldiero (1809) Battle of Piave River (1809) Battle of Tarvis (1809) Battle of Sankt Michael (1809) Battle of Raab (1809) Battle of Wagram (1809) War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Möckern (1813) Battle of Feistritz (1813) Battle of the Mincio River (1814)
Awards	1808, Count of the Empire
Other work	1818, Chamber of Deputies

Count Paul Grenier (29 January 1768 – 17 April 1827) joined the French royal army and rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a division in the 1796-1797 campaign in southern Germany. During the 1800 campaign in the Electorate of Bavaria he was a wing commander. Beginning in 1809, in the Napoleonic Wars, Emperor Napoleon I entrusted him with corps commands in the Italian theater. A skilled tactician, he was one of the veteran generals who made the Napoleonic armies such a formidable foe to the other European powers. After the Bourbon Restoration he retired from the army and later went into politics. Grenier is one of the Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.