Joseph-François-Louis-Charles de Damas

Joseph -François -Louis -Charles César de Damas D' Antigny (* October 28, 1758, † March 5, 1829 in Paris) was a French nobleman. He was the brother of Roger de Damas.

Life

As a colonel and adjutant of the Count of Rochambeau he made with the campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in North America.

After his return to the command of a regiment of dragoons charged, he was awarded in 1791 by the Marquis of Bouille the job, with this regiment the intended flight of Louis XVI. to cover, but left his unruly regiment and went to the king to Varennes, where he was arrested. In Paris, condemned to death, he was put under the consulate by amnesty in freedom.

He left France and made the campaigns of 1792 and 1793 in the army of the prince. Finally he followed then the Count of Artois to Italy, was appointed in 1795 to the Maréchal de Camp and was about to take part in the expedition of Quiberon, when he was shipwrecked at Calais and was captured by the Republicans. Set at liberty, he accompanied the Count of Artois as Adjutant General to Ile -Dieu and then served from 1797 to 1801 in the Army Condés. After the emigrants law was mitigated, he lived in Paris again.

After the Restoration he was made a peer of France, Lieutenant-General and Captain of Chevaulegers. He followed Louis XVIII. 1815 to Belgium, then commander of the 18th military division to Dijon was. On 30 May 1825 he received the title of duke. He died without an heir on 5 March 1829 in Paris.

In the " Mémoires relatifs à la révolution " (Vol. 20, par 1823) is from him a report on the event of Varennes.