Charles Leclerc

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Charles Leclerc was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, best known for leading the ill-fated French expedition to suppress the Haitian Revolution and for being Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother-in-law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French general
military officer
person
causeOfDeath yellow fever
conflict Haitian Revolution
War of the Second Coalition
countryOfCitizenship France
employer First French Empire
French Republic
era French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era

Napoleonic era
ethnicGroup French
familyName Leclerc
givenName Charles
languageSpoken French
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank general
notableFor attempting to suppress the Haitian Revolution
being Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother-in-law
leading the French expedition to Saint-Domingue
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars
Haitian Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
placeOfDeath French colony of Saint-Domingue
surface form: Saint-Domingue
positionHeld commander of the French expedition to Saint-Domingue
relative Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
spouse Pauline Bonaparte

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Toussaint Louverture arrestedBy Charles Leclerc
Dermide Louis Napoleon Leclerc father Charles Leclerc
Pauline Bonaparte spouse Charles Leclerc