Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon

Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, Earl of Lee, (* 1782 in Paris; † August 24, 1853 in Paris) was Adjutant-General of the Emperor Napoleon I.

Life and work

From an old legal family, he distinguished himself already in 1792 as a midshipman on board the Juno in the squadron of Admiral Laurent Truguet during the expedition to Sardinia from, entered 1798 in a cavalry regiment and fought in Italy, Germany and Poland, and in 1807 promoted to colonel.

1809 appointed Lord Chamberlain, he was pulled into the immediate vicinity of the Emperor and, after he had carried out several diplomatic missions, sent in 1811 as minister plenipotentiary to the court of the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Würzburg.

In 1814 he was brigadier general, was during the Hundred Days of Napoleon Adjutant General and followed him into exile to St. Helena. From Napoleon entrusted with the execution of his will and the preservation of some of his manuscripts, he was with the General Gourgaud Mémoires pour servir à l' the histoire de France sous Napoleon, Écrits à Ste -Hélène sous sadictée (Paris 1822-1825, 8 vols. , 2nd edition 1830; Berlin and from 1822 to 1825, 8 vols, and at the same time German edition ) out.

Since he took part in 1840 in the company of Louis Napoleon at Boulogne, he was arrested and sentenced by Pairshof to 20 years in prison. It has allowed him to share the custody with Louis Napoleon in Ham. With the February Revolution of 1848 he was released. The department Niedercharente elected him in 1849 in the Legislature.

Swell

• Meyers Lexikon, 4th edition from 1888-1890.

• Person in the coalition wars (France)
• Military person (France )
• Frenchman
• Born in 1782
• Died in 1853
• Man
• Member of the National Assembly ( French Second Republic)