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Claude-Sylvestre Colaud

Claude-Sylvestre Colaud

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Claude Silvestre, Count Colaud (12 December 1754 – 4 December 1819) was a French Napoleonic general and senator.[1]

Claude Silvestre, Count Colaud.

Biography

Colaud was born at Briançon on 12 December 1754. In 1801, for his military services, he was made a senator of the French Consulate by the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. He was also made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. He died in Paris on 4 December 1819. His name is inscribed on column five northern pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.[2][3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Also spelt Claude Silvestre, Count Collaud
  2. [2]
    Thomas 1892, p. 634.
  3. [3]
    Jensen 2013 cites Six 1934

References

  • Jensen, Nathan D. (2013), General Claude-Sylvestre Colaud, arcdetriomphe.info
  • Six, Georges (1934). "Colaud (Claude-Sylvestre, comte)". Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792–1814 (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Librairie Historique et Nobilaire. p. 250.
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