14 Facts About Jacques Lauriston

Jacques Lauriston was born in Pondicherry in French India, where his father, Jean Law de Lauriston, was Governor-General.

Jean Law de Lauriston was a nephew of the financier John Law.

Jacques Lauriston' mother was a member of the Carvallho family of Portuguese traders.

Jacques Lauriston is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Jacques Lauriston obtained his first commission about 1786, served with the artillery and on the general staff during the early campaigns of the Revolution, and became brigadier of artillery in 1795.

Jacques Lauriston occupied Venice and the Republic of Ragusa in 1806, was made governor-general of Venice in 1807, took part in the Erfurt negotiations of 1808, was ennobled as a count, and served with the emperor during the Peninsular War in Spain, where he commanded the division that besieged and won Pamplona.

Jacques Lauriston fought under Viceroy Eugene de Beauharnais at the Battle of Raab in the Italian campaign and the subsequent advance to Vienna.

Jacques Lauriston gathered all 60 guns from the Imperial Guard, 24 guns from General Karl Philipp von Wrede's Bavarian division, and 38 pieces from Eugene's Army of Italy.

Jacques Lauriston commanded the V Corps at Lutzen and Bautzen during the German campaign, but was captured during the disastrous retreat after the Battle of Leipzig in October 1813.

Jacques Lauriston was held as a prisoner of war until the fall of the empire.

Jacques Lauriston then joined King Louis XVIII of France, to whom he remained faithful during the Hundred Days.

Jacques Lauriston's reward was a seat in the Chamber of Peers and a command in the Royal Guard.

In 1823, Jacques Lauriston was made a Marshal of France and he commanded a corps during the Spanish expedition.

Jacques Lauriston died of a stroke in Paris on 11 June 1828.