Jean maximilien lamarque biography definition

General who took the isle of Capri and whose death in 1832 sparked the June Rebellion depicted in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables

By Nathan D.

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Born: July 22, 1770

Place of Birth: Saint-Sever, Landes, France

Died: June 1, 1832

Cause of Death: Illness

Place of Death: Paris, France

Arc de Triomphe: LAMARQUE on the west pillar

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The son of a deputy to the National Constituent Assembly, Jean Maximilien Lamarque joined the army as a grenadier in the 4th Battalion of Landes in January of 1792.

In April of 1793 he was promoted to lieutenant and he then joined the Army of the Western Pyrenees. Lamarque was promoted to capitaine the next month and he began to serve with the infernal column of Latour d'Auvergne. In February of 1794 he was wounded twice in combat and then two months later he joined the general staff of the Army of the Western Pyrenees.

Four months later in August Lamarque seized Fontarabie and he