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Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (* 30. Mai 1768 in Bordeaux; † 12. Februar 1815 in Paris) war französischer Kavallerist und Général de division
Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, né le 30 mai 1768 à Bordeaux en Guyenne et mort le 12 février 1815 à Paris, est un général français de la Révolution et de l’Empire.
Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty (French pronunciation: [etjɛn maʁi ɑ̃twan ʃɑ̃pjɔ̃ kɔ̃t də nɑ̃suti]; 30 May 1768 – 12 February 1815) was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military ...
General Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion de Nansouty was a very able and knowledgeable cavalry commander of the old school. He came from a family having noble origins and was considered by many to be fussy and cautious. Fussy because of his attention to detail especially where dress was concerned.
Born in 1768, Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion Nansouty was a brilliant horseman and like Napoleon, attended military school in Brienne and Paris. He served in the Ancien Régime army but did not leave France following the Revolution and went on to serve in the Armée du Rhin, becoming a général de brigade in August 1799.
Biography of General Etienne-Marie-Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1768-1815): Noble heavy cavalry general who fought at Austerlitz, Eylau, Friedland, Aspern-Essling, Wagram, and Leipzig.
Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military commands during the Napoleonic Wars.
