Alexandre Charles Perrégaux

Alexandre Charles Perrégaux (21 October 1791 - 6 November 1837) was a French Army officer who participated in the French conquest of Algeria.[2]

Alexandre Charles Perrégaux
Birth nameAlexandre Charles Perrégaux
Born21 October 1791
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Died6 November 1837
Mediterranean Sea
Buried
Cagliari, Italy
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Army
Years of service1817-1837
RankMaréchal de camp
Battles/warsFrench conquest of Algeria
Awards
Spouse(s)Cécile de Pourtalès (death 1830)[1]

Family

Alexandre Charles Perrégaux was born in Neuchâtel on 21 October 1791, the second son of Charles Albert Henri Perregaux (1757-1831) who was state councilor, colonel inspector of militias and knight of the red eagle.[3]

He had married Cécile de Pourtalès in Neuchâtel on 5 December 1825. Cécile, who was born on 9 September 1804, predeceased her husband, dying in Paris on 24 March 1830.[4] The couple had no surviving children.

Injury and death

Perrégaux took part in the Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha, and was present at the Siege of Constantine on 12 October 1837 when General Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont was killed by a cannonball.[5] While attempting to reach Damrémont and recover his body, Perrégaux was struck by a bullet which passed through his nose and into the palate of his mouth.[6] He was knocked unconscious and wounded on Damrémont's body.[7]

Perregaux was rushed back by his soldiers to the town of Annaba, and embarked on a boat to take him back to France.[8] He died at sea while crossing the Mediterranean.[1][9]

The boat carrying him docked in a port on the island of Sardinia, and he was buried in a cemetery in the city of Cagliari.[10]

Bibliography
  • Valentin Devoisins (1838). Recueil de documents sur l'expédition et la prise de Constantine. Paris: Joseph Corréard, Éditeur. pp. 25–29.

References
  1. "Bulletin de la Société héraldique etʹgenéalogique de France - Société héraldique et généalogique de France, Paris - Google Livres". 1895. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. Faucon, Narcisse (1890). "Le livre d'or de l'Algérie: histoire politique, militaire, administrative ... - Narcisse Faucon - Google Livres". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. "Archivum heraldicum - Google Livres". 1899. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. "Archivum heraldicum - Google Livres". 1899. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. "Biographie neuchâteloise - Frédéric Alexandre Marie Jeanneret - Google Livres". 1863. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. "Revue africaine - Google Livres". 1871. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. Devoisins, V. (1840). "Expéditions de Constantine: accompagnées de réflexions sur nos possessions d ... - V. Devoisins - Google Livres". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. Devoisins, Valentin (1838). "Recueil de documents sur l'expédition et la prise de Constantine - Valentin Devoisins - Google Livres". Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. "Biographie neuchâteloise - Frédéric Alexandre Marie Jeanneret - Google Livres". 1863. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  10. Cuverville, Jules de (1899). "Armée, marine, colonies - Google Livres". Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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