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COMMANDER // 1747–1793

Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron

lieutenant generalFrance1 battle1 war

Lifespan

17471793

17501760177017801790French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Battle of Quiévrain — April 30, 1792 · Kingdom of France · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 17921 battle across 1 war; first command at age 45.

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Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron, was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1773, he was Grand second warden of Grand Orient de France.

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