Louis Partouneaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Partouneaux

French general

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1770

Place of Birth: Romilly-sur-Seine, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1835

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Louis Partouneaux (26 September 1770 – 14 January 1835) led an infantry division during the First French Empire of Napoleon.
He joined the army of the First French Republic in 1791 and fought the Sardinians.
He served at Toulon in 1793 and at Rivoli and Salorno in 1797.
He fought at Verona and Magnano in 1799 and received promotion to general officer.
At Novi later that year he was wounded and captured. Promoted again, he commanded a division at Caldiero in 1805 and in Naples in 1806.
At the Berezina in 1812 his division was surrounded and he was captured.
After the Napoleonic Wars he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1824.
He held various posts until his retirement in 1832 and died of a stroke in 1835.
Partouneaux is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe on Column 26.