General Joseph Marie Tennet de Laubadère

General who defended Landau during a Prussian siege of six months in 1793

Born: April 27, 1745

Place of Birth: Bassoues, Gers, France

Died: April 8, 1809

Place of Death: Pouylebon, France

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The older brother of Germain Félix Tennet de Laubadère, Joseph Marie Tennet de Laubadère entered the engineering school of Mézières in 1765 as a lieutenant. Graduating from the school in 1767, he served with the army and did not receive a promotion for ten years, finally being promoted to capitaine in 1777.

After the onset of the French Revolution, Laubadère was named a Knight of Saint Louis in 1791 and a lieutenant colonel in 1792. He joined the Army of the Rhine in 1792, serving as chief of staff to Kellermann and then Biron. In March of 1793 Laubadère was promoted to général de brigade and only two months later he was promoted to général de division. In June he was named commander of Landau and he defended the city from the Prussians during a siege of six months. In January of 1794 Laubadère was ordered to take the fort of Alsace, but then in June he was arrested by order of the Committee of Public Safety and taken to Paris. Luckily for him, the end of the Reign of Terror came after the Thermidorian Reaction in July and Laubadère was then released from prison. Laubadère was sent to the Army of Italy in August, but during the summer of 1795 he ceased his functions and was no longer employed. He officially retired from the army in March of 1798.

Bibliography

Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Généraux & Amiraux Français de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). 2 vols. Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.

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