Louis Rossel

Louis Nathaniel Rossel ( born September 9, 1844 in Saint- Brieuc, † November 28, 1871 in Satory ) was a French politician and officer. He was the only officer in the French army, who in 1871 joined the Paris Commune.

Rossel was born into a Republican family of the bourgeoisie of Nîmes; his mother was Scottish. Because of its role in the uprising of the Paris Commune in 1871, he was executed a few months after the defeat.

  • Military person (France )
  • Paris Commune
  • Frenchman
  • Executed person (France )
  • Executed person (19th Century )
  • Born in 1844
  • Died in 1871
  • Man
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