Jean-Baptiste André Ruault de La Bonnerie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French officer
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Jean-Baptiste André Ruault de La Bonnerie
- Jean-Baptiste André Isidore Ruault de La Bonnerie (4 February 1744 – 13 April 1817) became a French general officer early in the War of the First Coalition and later emigrated to Habsburg Austria under which he also was a general.
- He joined the French Royal Army in 1760 and became a general of brigade in 1792.
- He commanded the French defenders during the 1792 Siege of Lille.
- After fighting at Maastricht and Neerwinden he followed Charles François Dumouriez and other generals in defecting to Austria.
- He entered Habsburg service as a colonel and became a General-major in 1804.
- He died in 1817 at Graz.
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