Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière

General Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière.

Cenotaph of Lamoricière in the Nantes cathedral.

Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière (5 September 1806 – 11 September 1865) was a French general.

Life

He was born at Nantes, and entered the Engineers in 1828. He served in the Algerian campaigns from 1830 onwards, and by 1840 he had risen to the grade of maréchal-de-camp (major-general). Three years later he was made a general of division. He was one of the most distinguished and efficient of Bugeaud's generals, rendered special service at Isly (14 August 1844), acted temporarily as governor-general of Algeria, and finally effected the capture of Abd-el-Kader in 1847.

Lamoricière took some part in the political events of 1848, both as a member of the Chamber of Deputies and as a military commander. Under the regime of General Cavaignac he was for a time minister of war (June 28 – December 20, 1848). From 1848 to 1851 Lamoricière was one of the most conspicuous opponents of the policies of Louis Napoleon, and at the coup d'état of 2 December 1851 he was arrested and exiled.

He refused to give his allegiance to Emperor Napoleon III. In 1860 he accepted command of the papal army, which he led in the Italian campaign of 1860.^[1] On 18 September that year he was severely defeated by the Italian army at Castelfidardo.

His last years were spent in complete retirement in France (he had been allowed to return in 1857), and he died at Prouzel (Somme) in 1865.

References

1. ^  "Louis-Christophe-Leon Juchault de la Moricière". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

• E. Keller, Le General de Lamoricière (Paris, 1873).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Political offices
Preceded by Louis Eugène Cavaignac	Minister of War 28 June 1848 - 20 December 1848	Succeeded by Joseph Marcelin Rulhières

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Name	Lamoriciere
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Date of birth	5 September 1806
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Date of death	11 September 1865
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