Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770–1832) was a French commander during the Napoleonic Wars who later became a member of French Parliament. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions This article is for the post-Revolutionary and present-day institution As an opponent of the Ancien Régime, he is known for his active suppression of Royalist and Legitimist activity. Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in The House of Bourbon is an important European Royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Legitimists are Royalists in France who believe that the King of France and Navarre must be chosen according to the simple application of the His death was also the catalyst of a Parisian uprising in June of 1832, which formed the basis for the uprising depicted in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched
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Born in Saint-Sever in the Landes department of France, Lamarque joined the army in 1791 and rose to the rank of General. Saint-Sever is a commune of the Landes département, in southwestern France. Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In Italy, he led one of six armies under the command of Napoleon’s adopted son Eugène de Beauharnais. The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the Polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of the southern Italian Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Eugène Rose de Beauharnais Prince Français Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg In 1810, he was created a baron of the French Empire. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or When Napoleon was exiled to Elba in 1814, Lamarque remained loyal, returning to the emperor's service during the Hundred Days. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Elba (Ilva is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Hundred Days was the period between Napoleon Bonaparte 's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the restoration Also during this period, Lamarque commanded a division of ten thousand men against a Royalist uprising in La Vendée[1]. A division is a large Military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to thirty thousand soldiers The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was again exiled from France. In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium Lamarque also went into exile, returning in 1818 and becoming politically active as a leftist. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In 1828, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing the département of Landes. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the Lower house of a Bicameral legislature or can refer to a Unicameral legislature In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. There, Lamarque was a popular representative of leftist factions. Despite his history as a general under Napoleon, he was given command of military forces in 1830 in order to suppress Legitimist risings against the July Monarchy. The July Monarchy (1830-1848 was a period of liberal monarchy rule of France under Louis-Philippe
The rioting (on June 5 and June 6) following his death was an action provoked by Bonapartists and republicans. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year In French political history Bonapartism has two meanings In a strict sense this term refers to people who Republicanism is the Ideology of governing a nation as a Republic, with an emphasis on Liberty, Rule of law, Popular sovereignty It was suppressed by the Army and National Guard; an estimated 800 were killed or wounded during the conflict. The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Land Army is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest The National Guard ( la Garde nationale) was the name given at the time of the French Revolution to the Militias formed in each city in imitation of While the violence broke out following the funeral of Lamarque, some modern historians name as its cause other political issues related to the July Revolution, feeling that Lamarque's death was simply a convenient excuse for the rebels. The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution, saw the overthrow of King Charles X, the French The uprising was of brief duration and failed to spread beyond Paris.
In Les Misérables
Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables includes a fictional account of the brief uprising which followed General Lamarque's death. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched In Les Misérables, Hugo views Lamarque as the government's champion of the poor. The insurrection is a failure in the novel as it was in history, but is romanticized in the novel and its various adaptations for film, radio, and stage. Les Misérables ( in French, le mize'ʁaːbl colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed
References
- Alfred Cobban, A History of Modern France, 1992.
- Jill Harsin, Barricades: The War of the Streets in Revolutionary Paris, 1830–1848, 2002.
- Vincent J. Esposito and John Elting, A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars, 1999.
Footnotes
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Waterloo Campaign
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