21 Facts About Viala Charon

Edme Viala Charon, Baron Charon was a French soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

Viala Charon was briefly Governor General of Algeria during the French Second Republic, and was a senator of France for most of the Second French Empire.

Viala Charon entered the Ecole Polytechnique on 11 November 1811.

Viala Charon was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour on 30 October 1827.

Viala Charon was at the capture of Antwerp in 1832.

Viala Charon was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour on 14 January 1833.

Viala Charon commanded the engineers at Bougie, Oran and Algiers.

Viala Charon distinguished himself at Blida and in the expeditions of Cherchell, Miliana, Mascara, Cheliff, and the Flissas.

Viala Charon was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 22 January 1839 and to colonel on 2 June 1840.

Viala Charon was made commander in chief of the Engineers in 1841 and brigadier general on 24 June 1845.

On 19 August 1849 Viala Charon laid the foundation stone for a city that was to be built in this location.

Viala Charon was replaced as General commanding the XIX army corps on 5 November 1850 by General Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul.

Viala Charon was promoted to Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour on 2 December 1850.

On 16 April 1850 Viala Charon married Elfride Schneider in Paris.

Viala Charon was the daughter of Antoine Virgile Schneider, Chevalier de l'Empire, and Catherine, Countess Zalinska.

Viala Charon cooperated with Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'etat of 2 December 1851.

Viala Charon was appointed President of the Consultative Committee on Algeria on 17 December 1851.

Viala Charon was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on 31 December 1857.

Viala Charon was named Baron Charon by imperial decree of 3 February 1864.

Viala Charon was Senator until the senate was dissolved with the fall of the empire on 4 September 1870.

Viala Charon died in Paris on 26 November 1880, at the age of 86.