Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse

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Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse was a prominent French admiral of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for commanding major fleets during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French admiral
human
allegiance France
awardReceived Commander of the Legion of Honour
Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
burialPlace Venice
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship First French Empire
French First Republic
Kingdom of France
dateOfBirth 1747-05-29
dateOfDeath 1812-07-24
era 18th century
19th century
ethnicGroup French people
familyName Villaret de Joyeuse
givenName Louis
hasRelative Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jean-Baptiste de Villaret-Joyeuse
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
surface form: French Senate (First French Empire)
militaryBranch French Navy
militaryRank chef d’escadre
vice admiral
movement French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
name Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse self-link
nativeLanguage French
notableEvent engaged British Channel Fleet under Lord Howe in 1794
escorted a vital grain convoy from the United States to France in 1794
notableFor commanding major French fleets during the French Revolutionary Wars
notableWork command of the French fleet at the Glorious First of June
command of the French fleet in the Battle of Groix
occupation admiral
naval officer
participatedIn Battle of Groix
Battle of the Glorious First of June
surface form: Glorious First of June

Atlantic theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: Naval operations of the War of the First Coalition

Royal Navy operations against Revolutionary France
surface form: Naval operations of the War of the Second Coalition
placeOfBirth Auch
France
Gers
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Italy
surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Venice
positionHeld commander of the Brest fleet
conseiller d’État under Napoleon
member of the Sénat conservateur
sexOrGender male

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Glorious First of June commander Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
Battle of Groix commander2 Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse name Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse self-link
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse hasRelative Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste de Villaret-Joyeuse