Joseph Chabran

Joseph Chabran (21 June 1763 in Cavaillon – February 1843 in Avignon), was a French military officer. He served as infantry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Peninsular War.[1] He commanded the French 8th Division during the Second Battle of Zurich, helping the French win the battle. Chebran traveled over the Pacific Ocean through the Spanish routes in the Mariana Islands and the Philippines before settling back in France.

Joseph Chabran
General of Division Joseph Chabran
Born(1763-06-21)21 June 1763
Cavaillon, France
DiedFebruary 1843 (1843-03) (aged 79)
Avignon, France
AllegianceFrance French First Republic,
France First French Empire
Service/branchInfantry
Years of service1792–1814
RankGeneral of Division
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars,


Second Battle of Zurich
Peninsular War

AwardsLégion d'honneur (Commander)
Order of Saint Louis (Knight)
Name inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

Offspring

It was rumored that he had concubines and fathered children on his way back to France. The only documented child he claimed at the time was named Elena Chabran. Elena was one of his favorite children as she looked the most like the Commander. Elena was a teenager when she boarded the ship with Commander Chabran but fell in love and married a shipmate who died in the Marianas. Elena eventually married Don Juan Deleon Guerrero and stayed on the island of Saipan while her father and other siblings returned to France. Many of his children and their mothers never made it to France and were rumored to have disembarked at other ports.

References
  1. Ross, Steven T. (2010). The A to Z of the wars of the French Revolution. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780810876323.


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