François Léon Ormancey
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François Léon Ormancey was a French general in the French Revolutionary Wars
and the Napoleonic Wars
. He was part of the French Order of Battle at the Battle of Caldiero
, in which he commanded the third brigade of Jean Antoine Verdier's II. Division. He was born 2 August 1754 and died 22 July 1824. Effective 29 October 1808, he was created a Baron of the Empire, with letters patent dated 25 May 1811.
He volunteered for the French army in 1768 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1792. In 1793, he was assigned to the 10th Grenadiers in Custine's Army of the Moselle. Michel Ordener
was another lieutenant in the same squadron.
On 7 March 1799, he crossed the Rhine with the Army of the Danube
, under command of Jean Baptiste Jourdan; in 1800, he was with the Army of the Reserve, then stationed in the Cisalpine Republic
. From 1808 to 1812, he was assigned to the Army of Spain and the Army of Andalusia, under command of general Soult.
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
and 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...
. He was part of the French Order of Battle at the Battle of Caldiero
Battle of Caldiero (1796)
In the Battle of Caldiero on 12 November 1796, a Habsburg Austrian army led by Jozsef Alvinczi fought a First French Republic army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. The French assaulted the Austrian positions, which were initially held by the army advance guard under Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of...
, in which he commanded the third brigade of Jean Antoine Verdier's II. Division. He was born 2 August 1754 and died 22 July 1824. Effective 29 October 1808, he was created a Baron of the Empire, with letters patent dated 25 May 1811.
He volunteered for the French army in 1768 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1792. In 1793, he was assigned to the 10th Grenadiers in Custine's Army of the Moselle. Michel Ordener
Michel Ordener
Michel Ordener was a general of division and a commander in Napoleon's elite Imperial Guard. Of plebeian origins, he was born 2 September 1755 in L'Hôpital and enlisted as private at the age of 18 years in the Prince Conde's Legion. He was promoted through the ranks; as warrant officer of a...
was another lieutenant in the same squadron.
On 7 March 1799, he crossed the Rhine with the Army of the Danube
Army of the Danube
The Army of the Danube was a field army of the French Directory in the 1799 southwestern campaign in the Upper Danube valley. It was formed on 2 March 1799 by the simple expedient of renaming the Army of Observation, which had been observing Austrian movements on the border between First...
, under command of Jean Baptiste Jourdan; in 1800, he was with the Army of the Reserve, then stationed in the Cisalpine Republic
Cisalpine Republic
The Cisalpine Republic was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802.-Birth:After the Battle of Lodi in May 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte proceeded to organize two states: one to the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one to the north, the Transpadane...
. From 1808 to 1812, he was assigned to the Army of Spain and the Army of Andalusia, under command of general Soult.
French sources
- Léon Clément Hennet, et al. État militaire de France pour l'année 1793. Paris, 1793.
- Société de l'histoire de la révolution française. La Révolution française. Paris, Charavay frères [etc.] Volume 16.
- Alain Chappet, Roger Martin, Alain Pigeard. Le Guide Napoleon. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 2005. ISBN 9782847342468.