Gilles Joseph Martin Bruneteau

Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau Saint-Suzanne (pronounced [ʒij.ʒo.zɛf.maʁ.tɛ̃ bʁyn.to sɛ̃.sy.zan]; 7 March 1760 – 26 August 1830) was a French Revolutionary and Napoleonic general. A Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, he was made a Count under the First French Empire. His name is inscribed "STE SUZANNE" on the east pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.[1]

Gilbert De Bruneteau.

Notes
  1. Jensen 2013 cites Six 1934

References
  • Jensen, Nathan D. (2013), General Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau Saint-Suzanne, arcdetriomphe.info
  • Six, Georges (1934). "Sainte-Suzanne (Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau, vicomte, puis comte de)". Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792–1814 (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Librairie Historique et Nobilaire. p. 418.


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