1. General de division Louis, Comte Lepic was a French cavalry commander of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
10 Facts About Louis Lepic
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Louis Lepic eventually rose to the rank of general de division and held the prestigious command of the Grenadiers a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, the senior heavy cavalry regiment of the Imperial Guard.
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Louis Lepic was at first involved in fighting against the Vendeean insurrection, before moving to the 'Army of Italy' in 1796, where he was remarked for gallantry and was wounded several times.
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Louis Lepic remained in Italy until the end of 1805, when he was named colonel major of the Grenadiers a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale regiment of the newly created Imperial Guard, which he would command for the rest of his military career.
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Louis Lepic then served in the Peninsula in 1808 but was called back to France in 1809 to serve in the newly created Armee d'Allemagne, the main French army which fought the Austrians in the War of the Fifth Coalition.
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Louis Lepic was promoted to general de division in February 1813, and he took part in the Saxon campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, where he would fight his last battles.
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Louis Lepic subsequently rallied to Napoleon's return in the Hundred Days.
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Louis Lepic served in the battle of Waterloo, before being retired by Louis XVIII.
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Louis Lepic's son was Louis-Joseph-Napoleon Lepic, who had a distinguished military career and was a close supporter of Napoleon III.
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Louis Lepic's grandson was Ludovic-Napoleon Lepic, an artist and friend of Edgar Degas.