Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant

French General, Marshal of France

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1790

Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1872

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant

  • Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, 1st Comte Vaillant (6 December 1790 – 4 June 1872), born in Dijon, was a Marshal of France. Vaillant entered the French army in 1809 in the corps of engineers.
  • He served in the French invasion of Russia (1812) and the next year became a prisoner of war after the Battle of Kulm.
  • During the Hundred Days Vaillant fought at Ligny and Waterloo.
  • Vaillant commanded a battalion in the 1830 campaign against Algiers.
  • Promoted to lieutenant colonel, he served under GĂ©rard in the expedition into Belgium in 1831. Vaillant commanded the fortress at Algiers from 1837 to 1838, recalled to France, he was made director of the École polytechnique.
  • Promoted to lieutenant general, Vaillant was put in charge of the building of the Parisian fortifications in 1845 under the command of Dode de la Brunerie.
  • In 1849, Vaillant was given command of the engineers in the French expeditionary corps to Rome.
  • Promoted to Marshal of France in 1851, Vaillant served as Minister of War from 1854 to 1859, holding the position throughout the Crimean War.
  • On the outbreak of the Franco-Austrian War he resigned as Minister of War in order to serve as Chief of Staff to Napoleon III, who took personal command of the French Army.
  • In 1860, Vaillant became minister responsible for the Imperial House and in 1864, he was made Grand Chancellor of the Legion d'Honneur.
  • After the fall of the Second French Empire in September 1870, Vaillant was banished from France but was allowed back, returning in 1871.
  • He died in Paris the next year.

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