COMMANDER // 1747–1793
Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron
lieutenant generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1747 – 1793
Active service 1792 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 45.
Profile
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.
Battles (1)
1792
Battle of QuiévrainFrench Revolutionary Wars · Kingdom of France