Louis Desaix

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Louis Desaix was a prominent French general of the Revolutionary era, renowned for his campaigns in Italy and Egypt and his decisive role in Napoleon Bonaparte’s early military successes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French general
human
allegiance France
French First Republic
alsoKnownAs Desaix de Veygoux
Louis Desaix
surface form: "Louis Charles Antoine Desaix"
associatedWith Army of Italy
Army of the Rhine
Army of the Orient
surface form: "Armée d’Orient"
birthDate 1768-08-17
birthPlace Auvergne NERFINISHED
Ayat-sur-Sioule
Kingdom of France
causeOfDeath killed in action
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1800-06-14
deathPlace Italy
Battle of Marengo
surface form: "Marengo"

Piedmont
era French Revolution
surface form: "French Revolutionary era"
familyName Desaix
gender male
givenName Louis
hasMemorial Place Desaix, Paris
statues and monuments in France
honouredIn French military history
knownFor decisive counterattack at the Battle of Marengo
military leadership in Italy and Egypt
service under Napoleon Bonaparte
mannerOfDeath died in battle
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank general
nativeLanguage French
nobleTitle nobleman
notableCommander Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
notableWork Battle of Marengo
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: "Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801"

Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: "Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars"
occupation general
military officer
participatedIn Battle of Marengo
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: "Egyptian campaign"

French Revolutionary Wars
Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: "Italian campaigns"

War of the Second Coalition
religion Roman Catholicism
servedUnder Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Desaix alsoKnownAs Louis Desaix
this entity surface form: "Louis Charles Antoine Desaix"
Battle of the Nile commander Louis Desaix
Army of the Rhine notableCommander Louis Desaix