Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Le Plessier-sur-Saint-Just, Hauts-de-France, France
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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| Alternative names | Baron Antoine-Jean Gros | ||
| Description | French painter and artist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 16 March 1771 | 26 June 1835 | |
| Location of birth/death | Paris | Bas-Meudon bei Paris | |
| Work period | Neoclassicism | ||
| Work location | Paris, Genoa | ||
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