Louis Lepic
Louis Lepic ( born September 20, 1765 in Montpellier, † January 7, 1827 in Andrésy ) was a French general of division of cavalry.
Life
1781 Lepic volunteered to the dragoons of the royal army, where he made very fast career. With the permission of the National Assembly consttuante 1791 King Louis XVI in the fall. a guard granted. In the autumn of the following year Lepic could this constitutional Garde du Roi ready to join the rank of " lieutenant - colonel".
When the king was executed late in 1793, he was transferred Lepic and under the command of General Jean -Baptiste Kléber, he helped put down the rebellion in the Vendée.
1796 Lepic took part in Napoleon's Italian campaign and fought among others Montenotte (April 12, 1796), Millesimo (13 April 1796) and Mondovi ( 20./22 April 1796. ).
With its own command Lepic participated under the leadership of Marshal Joachim Murat in part on the fourth coalition war. He fought, inter alia, at Jena (14 October 1806) and Prussian Eylau ( February 7/8 1807).
Under Murat Lepic also fought in Spain; inter alia, before Madrid ( → Dos de Mayo Uprising ). Even in the battles of Bailen ( 18./22. July 1808 ) Vimeiro.The (21 August 1808) was Lepic be distinguished.
When Napoleon after the battle of Paris (30 March 1814) abdicated to Lepic turned to the House of Bourbon to. When Napoleon had left Elba and its " rule of the Hundred Days " began Lepic ran back over to the emperor. Under his leadership he fought in the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). During the restoration itself Lepic took up residence in Andrésy and died there on January 7, 1827 at the age of about 61 years. His final resting place he found in the Cimetière Montparnasse in Paris.
Honors
- May 1809 Baron de l'Empire
- January 1815 Comte de l'Empire
- His name is found on the eastern pillar ( column 20 ) of the Arc de Triomphe on Place Charles -de- Gaulle ( Paris).
- The Avenue Lepic (Montpellier), the Boulevard Lepic ( Aix -les- Bains ) and the Rue Lepic (Paris) were named in his honor.