Charles de Bonchamps

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Charles de Bonchamps was a prominent royalist general and nobleman who led Catholic insurgent forces during the French Revolution’s War in the Vendée and became renowned for his chivalry and clemency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman
counter-revolutionary
human
royalist military leader
allegiance French royalists
Kingdom of France
birthDate 1760-05-10
birthPlace Anjou NERFINISHED
Juvardeil NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath wounds in battle
commanded Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendée NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy sculpture by David d’Angers
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1793-10-18
deathPlace France
Maine-et-Loire NERFINISHED
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil NERFINISHED
era French Revolution NERFINISHED
familyName de Bonchamps NERFINISHED
fullName Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Charles
hasWorkOfArtDedicated Mausoleum of Bonchamps at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil NERFINISHED
ideology royalism
killedIn War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
knownFor chivalry
clemency
ordering the pardon of Republican prisoners at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
languageSpoken French
militaryBranch French Royal Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank general
movement Catholic and Royal Army NERFINISHED
nobleTitle marquis
notableFor acts of clemency toward prisoners
leadership in the War in the Vendée
opposedTo French First Republic NERFINISHED
French Revolution NERFINISHED
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED
War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Vendée NERFINISHED
western France NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism

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Catholic and Royal Army commander Charles de Bonchamps
Vendée uprising commander Charles de Bonchamps