Paul Grenier
French general (1768–1827) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Paul Grenier | |
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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/ | Infantry |
Years of service | 1784-1815 |
Rank | General of Division |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | 1808, Count of the Empire |
Other work | 1818, Chamber of Deputies |