Charles de Sombreuil

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Charles Eugène Gabriel de Sombreuil was a French royalist commander during the French Revolution. He was born in Bonnac-la-Côte to Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil, the governor of Les Invalides, and Marie-Magdeleine des Flottes de Leychoisier. He had two older siblings: Maurille de Sombreuil and Stanislas de Virot de Sombreuil. According to legend, Sombreuil's sister Maurille drank a glass of blood to save their father from being killed during the September Massacres in 1792. Sombreuil's father and brother were both executed by guillotine in July 1794.

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Battles (1)

• 1795

  Invasion of France

  War of the First Coalition · French Royalists