Henri de La Rochejaquelein

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Henri de La Rochejaquelein was a young French royalist general famed for leading Catholic and royalist forces during the counter-revolutionary wars of the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French general
French nobleman
counter-revolutionary
human
royalist military leader
ageAtDeath 21
allegiance Bourbon monarchy NERFINISHED
Royalist cause
birthDate 1772-08-30
birthPlace Châtillon-sur-Sèvre NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Poitou NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
killed in action
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1794-01-28
deathPlace France
Maine-et-Loire NERFINISHED
Nuaillé NERFINISHED
near Cholet
era French Revolution NERFINISHED
familyName du Vergier de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED
father Henri-Louis-Auguste du Vergier de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED
fullName Henri du Vergier, comte de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED
givenName Henri NERFINISHED
historicalReputation symbol of youthful royalist heroism
house House of La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED
language French
militaryConflict French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
mother Constance de Caumont d’Adde NERFINISHED
movement Catholic and Royal Army NERFINISHED
Vendéan royalist insurgency NERFINISHED
nobleTitle comte
notableBattle Battle of Cholet NERFINISHED
Battle of Saumur NERFINISHED
Battle of Torfou NERFINISHED
notableFor leadership in the War in the Vendée
notableQuote Si j’avance, suivez-moi; si je recule, tuez-moi; si je meurs, vengez-moi
politicalAlignment counter-revolutionary
royalist
rank commander-in-chief of the Catholic and Royal Army
general
regionOfActivity Vendée NERFINISHED
western France
religion Roman Catholicism
servedIn Royalist Catholic and Royal Army of Vendée NERFINISHED
sibling Louis de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED

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Catholic and Royal Army commander Henri de La Rochejaquelein
Vendée uprising commander Henri de La Rochejaquelein