Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand

French general

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1762

Place of Birth: Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1815

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand

  • Claude Juste Alexandre Louis Legrand (23 February 1762, Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just, Oise – 8 January 1815, Paris) was a French general.
  • He commanded French divisions at several notable battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • He rose to senator on 5 April 1813, then Pair de France on 4 June 1814 and chevalier de Saint-Louis on 27 June 1814.
  • He organised the defence of Chalon-sur-Saône in 1814 and died in Paris in 1815 of wounds received beside the River Berezina.

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