Charles Eugène Gabriel de Sombreuil
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Charles Eugène Gabriel de Sombreuil (11 July 1770, Bonnac-la-Côte
– 28 July 1795) was a French Royalist commander during the Quiberon expedition
, for which he was executed in 1795. His father was Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil
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Bonnac-la-Côte
Bonnac-la-Côte is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in western France.Inhabitants are known as Bonnacois.-References:*...
– 28 July 1795) was a French Royalist commander during the Quiberon expedition
Invasion of France (1795)
The invasion of France in 1795 or the Battle of Quiberon was a major landing on the Quiberon peninsula by émigré, counter-revolutionary troops in support of the Chouannerie and Vendée Revolt, beginning on 23 June and finally definitively repulsed on 21 July...
, for which he was executed in 1795. His father was Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil
Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil
Charles François de Virot marquis de Sombreuil was a French Royalist general of the Ancien Regime and French Revolutionary Wars...
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