COMMANDER // 1762–1800
Jean Championnet
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1762 – 1800
Active service 1799 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 37.
Profile
Jean-Étienne Vachier Championnet was a French Army officer who led a Republican French division in several important battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. He became commander-in-chief of the Army of Rome in 1798 and of the Army of Italy in 1799. He died in early 1800 of typhus. His name is one of the names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3.
Battles (1)
1799
Battle of GenolaWar of the Second Coalition · Republican France