Charles Gaspard Elisabeth Joseph de Bailly
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Charles Gaspard Elisabeth Joseph de Bailly, marquis de Bailly (6 January 1765, Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt
, Mayenne
- 14 January 1850, Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt) was a French officer.
of Tours
. He was one of the 16 officers to defend general Malseigne against the mutineers in the Nancy Affair
, and was wounded in the process. He emigrated and was made commanded of the 2nd Division on the Quiberon expedition
.
Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt
Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France....
, Mayenne
Mayenne
Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.-History:Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine...
- 14 January 1850, Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt) was a French officer.
Life
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Joseph de Bailly and of Edmée or Aimée Anne Charlotte Lescalopier, the daughter of Gaspard César Charles Lescalopier, the intendant généralIntendant
The title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...
of Tours
Tours
Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
. He was one of the 16 officers to defend general Malseigne against the mutineers in the Nancy Affair
Nancy Affair
The Nancy affair was the crushing of a military mutiny in Revolutionary France on 31 August 1790. French Army forces under the command of General François Claude de Bouillé entered the city of Nancy in northeastern France, where troops garrisoned their had been protesting about pay, and...
, and was wounded in the process. He emigrated and was made commanded of the 2nd Division on 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...
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