Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire

Colonel Beaurepaire

Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire (7 January 1740, Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne – 2 September 1792) was a French officer.

Born in Coulommiers, he commanded the defense of Verdun against the invading Allied armies of the First Coalition, shortly before they were stopped at the Battle of Valmy. He chose death by suicide to avoid the dishonor of surrendering Verdun.

He was buried in the Panthéon,^[1] but then he went missing.

References

1. ^ Pantheon: Mausoleum of the Great at Paris Walking Tours

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

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Name	Beaurepaire, Nicolas-Joseph
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Date of birth	7 January 1740
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Date of death	2 September 1792
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