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Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (Bordeaux, 30 maggio 1768 – Parigi, 12 febbraio 1815) è stato un generale francese attivo durante le guerre rivoluzionarie francesi, che divenne generale di divisione nel 1803 per poi ricoprire importanti incarichi durante le guerre napoleoniche.
modifier. Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, né le 30 mai 1768 à Bordeaux en Guyenne et mort le 12 février 1815 à Paris, est un général français de la Révolution et de l’Empire. Après avoir brillamment servi dans la cavalerie au cours des guerres révolutionnaires, il fut élevé au grade de général de division ...
Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty (French pronunciation: [etjɛn maʁi ɑ̃twan ʃɑ̃pjɔ̃ kɔ̃t də nɑ̃suti]; 30 May 1768 – 12 February 1815) was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military ...
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General Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a very able and knowledgeable cavalry commander of the old school. He came from a family having noble origins and was considered by many to be fussy and cautious. Fussy because of his attention to detail especially where dress was concerned.
Born: May 30, 1768. Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Gironde, France. Died: February 12, 1815. Cause of Death: Illness. Place of Death: Paris, France. Arc de Triomphe: NANSOUTY on the east pillar. Pronunciation: Etienne-Marie-Antoine-Champion Nansouty was a cavalry general known for his sarcasm and adherence to tradition.
Born in 1768, Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion Nansouty was a brilliant horseman and like Napoleon, attended military school in Brienne and Paris. He served in the Ancien Régime army but did not leave France following the Revolution and went on to serve in the Armée du Rhin, becoming a général de brigade in August 1799.
Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military commands during the Napoleonic Wars.
