Jean Corbineau
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Jean-Baptiste Juvénal Corbineau (1 August 1776, Marchiennes
- 18 December 1848, Paris
) was a French cavalry general of the French Revolutionary Wars
and Napoleonic Wars
. His two brothers Claude
and Hercule
also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" (the three Horatii
).
Marchiennes
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- 18 December 1848, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) was a French cavalry general of the French Revolutionary Wars
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 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...
. His two brothers Claude
Claude Corbineau
Claude Louis Constant Esprit Juvénal Gabriel Corbineau was a French general. His two brothers Jean and Hercule also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" ....
and Hercule
Hercule Corbineau
Marie Louis Hercule Hubert Corbineau was a French soldier of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.-Biography:...
also fought in both these wars and together the three men were known as "les trois Horaces" (the three Horatii
Horatii
According to Livy, the Horatii were male triplets from Rome. During a war between Rome and Alba Longa during the reign of Tullus Hostilius , it was agreed that settlement of the war would depend on the outcome of a battle between the Horatii and the Curiatii...
).