Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

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French general human military leader nobleman

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, was a French nobleman and general whose leadership of French forces in North America was crucial to the allied victory over Britain, particularly at the Siege of Yorktown.

Aliases (4)

Comte de Rochambeau ×3
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau ×1
Rochambeau ×1
comte de Rochambeau ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French general → human → military leader → nobleman →
alliedWith	Continental Army → George Washington →
awardReceived	Order of Saint Louis → Order of the Holy Spirit →
birthDate	1725-07-01 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of France → Vendôme →
burialPlace	Thoré-la-Rochette →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau →
commemoratedBy	Rochambeau Bridge (Washington, D.C.) → Rochambeau Monument in Newport, Rhode Island → Rochambeau statue in Washington, D.C. →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France →
deathDate	1807-05-10 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of France → Thoré-la-Rochette →
era	18th century →
familyName	de Vimeur →
father	Jean-Baptiste de Vimeur →
givenName	Donatien → Jean-Baptiste →
hasPartIn	Franco-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War →
languageSpoken	French →
militaryBranch	French Army →
militaryRank	maréchal de France →
movement	French Ancien Régime nobility →
nobleTitle	comte de Rochambeau →
notableAchievement	commanded French forces at the Siege of Yorktown → contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War →
notableFor	march from Newport to Yorktown with French forces → strategic coordination with George Washington in 1781 campaign →
notableWork	command of French expeditionary force in the American Revolutionary War →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War → Seven Years' War → Siege of Yorktown →
positionHeld	commander of the French expeditionary force in America →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
servedUnder	Louis XVI of France →
spouse	Jeanne Thérèse Tellez d’Acosta →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Revolutionary War → Siege of Yorktown → Storming of Redoubt 9 ("Comte de Rochambeau") →	commander
Rochambeau Bridge → Rochambeau Bridge → Rochambeau Bridge ("Rochambeau") →	namedAfter
British Army under Cornwallis → Charles Cornwallis ("Comte de Rochambeau") →	surrenderedTo
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ("Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau") →	child
Yorktown ("Comte de Rochambeau") →	commandedBy
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ("comte de Rochambeau") →	nobleTitle
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
François Joseph Paul de Grasse →	supported