Antoine-François Andréossy
French general (1761-1828)
Comte Antoine-François Andréossy (6 March 1761 – 10 September 1828) was a Franco-Italian nobleman. He served as a French Army artillery general, diplomat and parliamentarian.
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Nickname | Italian: Antonio Andreossi |
Born | Castelnaudary | 6 March 1761
Died | 10 September 1828 Montauban | (aged 67)
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Service/branch | French Army |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | Dutch Civil War; French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Relations | Dr. François Andréossi (great-grandfather) |
Other work | Ambassador to Great Britain; Ambassador to Austrian Empire; Ambassador to Ottoman Empire; Deputy of the French Parliament |
Works
changeAndréossy's works included the following:[1]
- on artillery (with which arm he was most intimately connected throughout his military career):
- Quelques idées relatives à l'usage de l'artillerie dans l'attaque et ... la défense des places (Metz);
- Essai sur le tir des projectiles creux (Paris, 1826);
- on military history:
- Campagne sur le Main el la Rednitz de l'armée gallo-batave (Paris, 1802);
- Opérations des pontonniers en Italie . . . 1795-1796 (Paris, 1843).
Honours and titles
changeTitles
changeHonours
change- - Grand-croix, Order of Saint Louis
- - Grand-officier, Ordre de la Légion d'honneur
- - Chevalier, Order of Malta
- - Commandeur, Orders of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Lazarus
- - Grand-chancelier, Order of the Golden Fleece
Related pages
changeNotes
change- ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 971.
References
change- "Antoine, François Andréossy (1761 - 1828)", Mandats à l'Assemblée nationale ou à la Chambre des députés (17/11/1827 - 16/05/1830) (in French), Assemblée nationale, 2015, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 25 April 2015
- "ASMP: Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques", ASMP (in French), archived from the original on 14 January 2013, retrieved 28 April 2015
- "C VILLANI à l'IUT de Nîmes le jeudi 7 Mai 2015", Lycée François Andréossy (in French), 1 April 2015, retrieved 28 April 2015
- "Salle des inventaires virtuelle", Salle des inventaires virtuelle (in French), retrieved 28 April 2015
- Jensen, Nathan D. (May 2014), "Antoine-François Andreossy", Arc de Triomphe, retrieved 28 April 2015
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Andréossy, Antoine-François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 971. Endnotes:
- Marion, Notice nécrologique sur le Lt.-Général Comte Andréossy.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Thomas, Joseph (1892), Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology (Aa, van der – Hyperius), vol. 1, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, p. 125
Further reading
change- Chandler, David, Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars[full citation needed]
- "Les personnages", Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire (in French), 26 January 2007, archived from the original on 15 January 2015, retrieved 28 April 2015
Other websites
change- www.emd.terre.defense.gouv.fr Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Citizen Andréossy at www.jeanlannes.com
- www.napoleon-monuments.eu