Thomas-Alexandre

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Thomas-Alexandre was a pioneering French general of Haitian descent in Revolutionary France and the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas.

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instanceOf French general
human
military officer
person of Haitian descent
allegiance French First Republic
alsoKnownAs Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
surface form: Alexandre Dumas père’s father

Thomas-Alexandre
surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
birthDate 1762-03-25
birthPlace Jeremie, Saint-Domingue
French colony of Saint-Domingue
surface form: Saint-Domingue

present-day Haiti
burialPlace Villers-Cotterêts
surface form: Villers-Cotterêts, France
causeOfImprisonment captured returning from Egyptian campaign
child Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
surface form: Alexandre Dumas père
citizenship France
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
deathDate 1806-02-26
deathPlace Villers-Cotterêts
surface form: Villers-Cotterêts, France
ethnicOrigin African
French
familyName Alexandre Dumas
surface form: Dumas
father Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie
givenName Thomas-Alexandre self-linksurface differs
historicalPeriod French Revolution
Napoleonic era
imprisonedIn Kingdom of Naples
inspired characters in the works of Alexandre Dumas
militaryBranch French Revolutionary Army
surface form: French Army
mother Marie-Cessette Dumas
notableFor being one of the highest-ranking officers of African descent in a Western army of his time
opposition to some policies of Napoleon Bonaparte
pioneering role as a Black general in Revolutionary France
service in the Army of the Alps
service in the Egyptian campaign
service in the Italian campaigns
occupation military commander
soldier
race mixed-race
rank general
general of division
serviceEndYear 1802
serviceStartYear 1786
spouse Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret
subjectOf The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
biographical studies on mixed-race officers in Revolutionary France

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Thomas-Alexandre Dumas givenName Thomas-Alexandre
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas birthName Thomas-Alexandre
this entity surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie
Thomas-Alexandre givenName Thomas-Alexandre self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Thomas-Alexandre alsoKnownAs Thomas-Alexandre
subject surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
this entity surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie