Théodore Chabert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician
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Place of Birth: Villefranche-sur-Saône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
About Théodore Chabert
- Théodore Chabert (16 March 1758 – 17 April 1845) became a French brigade commander during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He enlisted in the French Royal Army in 1774.
- He was promoted lieutenant colonel at the Siege of Lyon in 1793.
- He joined the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees as a general of brigade and led his troops at Boulou, the Black Mountain and Rosas.
- He served with the Army of the Alps from 1795 to 1798 when he was elected a member of the Council of Five Hundred.
- He missed the fighting in 1800.
- He opposed Napoleon's appointment as Consul for Life in 1802. Chabert was sent to Spain as a brigade commander in 1808.
- When Pierre Dupont de l'Etang's corps was surrounded after the Battle of Bailén, Chabert was one of the French generals who negotiated the capitulation.
- For this, Napoleon threw him in prison after the Spanish released him.
- After some time, he was released but remained unemployed and watched by the police.
- Yet, in 1809 he was appointed Baron of the Empire.
- In 1814 Chabert volunteered his services and fought at Saint-Julien.
- During the Hundred Days Napoleon promoted him general of division and appointed him to lead the 5th National Guard Division in Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet's corps in the Alps.
- Under the Bourbon Restoration he was demoted.
- His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 26.
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