Jacques Nicolas Bellavène
Jacques Nicolas Bellavène ( born October 20, 1770 in Verdun, † February 8, 1826 in Milly- la- Forêt) was a French general.
Life
On March 24, 1791 Belavène joined as a cadet in the Army and was promoted to Lieutenant a year later. As such, he served as ordnance officer on the staff of the Army of the Rhine. With effect from May 19, 1793, he was appointed to the aide- de-camp.
Bellavène participated in the siege of Mainz in part ( 14 April to 23 July 1793); inter alia, he was heavily involved with his troops to the capture of 600 " redcoats ". As he was rushing in the Battle of Rastatt (5 July 1796), General Jean - Chrysostome Bruneteau de Sainte -Suzanne to help, he was shot from his horse and lost a leg because of such breach.
After the Peace of Luneville (9 February 1801) commissioned him to Napoleon, the Ecole speciale militaire de Saint- Cyr re-organize and conduct this also.
During the Restoration Bellavène was deposed from his post (2 August 1814) and dismissed with half-pay more or less on 1 January 1815. When Napoleon had left Elba and began the rule of the Hundred Days, Bellavène got its previous offices transferred again. Out of gratitude donated this 4,000 francs for the Ausrüsrtung the Garde nationale.
When Napoleon was forced after the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) to abdicate (22 June 1815), Bellavène voluntarily gave up all offices and posts and settled on 27 September of the same year in his hometown down. He died on 8 February 1826 at the age of 55 years and found his final resting place.