COMMANDER // 1755–1827
Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye
lieutenant generalFrance2 battles2 wars
Lifespan
1755 – 1827
Active service 1793–1795 — 2 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 38.
Profile
Joseph-Geneviève, comte de Puisaye was a minor French nobleman who fought as a counter-revolutionary during the French Revolution, leading two unsuccessful invasions from England. He later led a group of French royalists to settle in Upper Canada, but returned to England after a few years, when that effort proved largely unsuccessful. He remained in England until his death in 1827.
Battles (2)
1793
Battle of BrécourtFrench Revolutionary Wars · Federalists
1795
Invasion of FranceWar of the First Coalition · French Royalists