Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel
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Louis Pierre Aimé Chastel (29 April 1774, Veigy, near Carouge, Savoy
- 26 September 1826, Geneva
) was a French officer in the Napoleonic Wars
, who rose to lieutenant general of cavalry.
He first joined up in 1792, in the légion des Allobroges, under Jacques François Dugommier
, then in the armée des Pyrénées
, then under Bonaparte
in Italy and Egypt, where he discovered the Dendera Zodiac
. He was made major en second of the mounted grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, in 1803, following , where his bravery got him recognised by Napoleon. He then fought in the Peninsular War
, including , becoming an officer of the Légion d'honneur
in November 1808. In 1812 he was summoned to join the French invasion of Russia
. His bravery at gained him a mention in dispatches in the June 1815 bulletin during the Hundred Days
. He served in the 2nd Corps of the armée du Nord and his name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe
.
Savoy
Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
- 26 September 1826, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
) was a French officer in the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
, who rose to lieutenant general of cavalry.
He first joined up in 1792, in the légion des Allobroges, under Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques François Coquille named Dugommier was a French general....
, then in the armée des Pyrénées
Armée des Pyrénées
One of the French Revolutionary armies, the Army of the Pyrenees was created by a decree of the National Convention dated 1 October 1792 and formed out of the right wing of the Armée du Midi...
, then under Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
in Italy and Egypt, where he discovered the Dendera Zodiac
Dendera zodiac
The sculptured Dendera zodiac is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, containing images of Taurus and the Libra . This chapel was begun in the late Ptolemaic period; its pronaos was added by the...
. He was made major en second of the mounted grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, in 1803, following , where his bravery got him recognised by Napoleon. He then fought in the Peninsular War
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
, including , becoming an officer of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
in November 1808. In 1812 he was summoned to join the French invasion of Russia
French invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia of 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened French hegemony in Europe...
. His bravery at gained him a mention in dispatches in the June 1815 bulletin during the Hundred Days
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815...
. He served in the 2nd Corps of the armée du Nord and his name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
.