Claude-Étienne Guyot
Claude- Étienne Guyot ( born September 5, 1768 in Villevieux, † November 28, 1837 in Paris) was a French cavalry general.
Life
With 22 years Guyot joined in 1790 as a private in the army. After just recently, he fought in the Army of the Rhine and helped led by General Jean -Baptiste Kléber quell the uprising in the Vendée. He could be distinguished by bravery and changed in 1802 with the rank of captain for the Imperial Guard.
Guyot fought bravely at Austerlitz (2 December 1805), Prussian Eylau ( February 7/8 1806) and goods Nossentin (1 November 1806).
After subsequent promotions Guyot led his own command, and under the leadership of General Charles Lefebvre - Desnouettes he was among others in 1808 participated in the siege of Saragossa.
After subsequent promotions Guyot was transferred to the staff of Napoleon and fought at Aspern ( 21-22. May 1809 ), Wagram ( 5 / July 6, 1809 ). His bravery in Wagram was honored with the appointment as " chamberlain of Napoleon " and the promotion to General.
In rod Napoleon Guyot took part in the Russian campaign. He fought at Kljastizy ( 28./30. July 1812 ), Smolensk ( 17-18. August 1812 ), Borodino (September 2, 1812) and on the Berezina ( 26-28. November 1812 ).
Guyot was also on the battlefields before Großgörschen (2 May 1813), Bautzen ( 20-21 May. , 1813), Kulm ( 29-30. August 1813 ) and Leipzig ( 16./19. October 1813 ) to find.
1814 were found bravely Guyot at La Rothière (February 1 ) at Champ Aubert (10 February ), at Craonne (7 March ), at Vauchamps (14 February ) and in Paris ( March 30) fight.
After Napoleon's abdication (→ Treaty of Fontainebleau ) Guyot took over the structured grenadiers à cheval de la garde Imperial. When Napoleon had left Elba and its " rule of the Hundred Days " began to Guyot closed immediately to the Emperor. In the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) Guyot was again a member of the staff of Napoleon.
As could establish the monarchy after the July Revolution, Guyot was for several years the military governor of Toulouse. Then he withdrew from public life and settled in Paris. He died on November 28, 1837 at the age of 69 years and found his final resting place.