Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély

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Auguste Michel Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely (July 29, 1794 - February 1, 1870) was a Marshal of France and politician.

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Born in Paris, the son of Michel Louis Étienne, comte Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely, Regnaud served as a lieutenant in a regiment of hussers during the Russian campaign of 1812, he served in the Battle of Leipzig, after which he became a member of the emperor's personal military staff.

As he had served as a personal aide-de-camp to the emperor at Waterloo, he was dismissed from the army by the Restoration government. In 1825 he went to Greece and fought for the Greeks in the Greek War of Independence, and rejoined the French army in 1830. He served under Gérard as a colonel in the expedition to Belgium. Regnauld was promoted to général de brigade in 1841 and to général de division in 1849. In 1848 he was elected deputy and sat on the right. In 1851 he served for a fortnight as minister of war. In 1852 he was named a Senator. Under the Second Empire he went through the Crimean and Italian campaigns, and was made marshal for bravery at the battle of Magenta. He died in Cannes in 1870.

Preceded by Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm

Minister of War January 9, 1851 - January 24, 1851

Succeeded by Jacques Louis César Alexandre, comte de Randon