Charles de Lorencez
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Charles Ferdinand Latrille, Comte de Lorencez (May 23, 1814–July 16, 1892) was a French Army officer during the 19th century.
Lorencez was born in Paris to a noble family. He studied at the military academy of Saint-Cyr from 1830 to 1832, graduating as a third lieutenant. He served first in Algeria, where he was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1852. In 1855, at the Battle of Malakoff during the Crimean War, he won a commission to major general.
Latrille de Lorencez then served in the French intervention in Mexico. Most notably, he fought at the Battle of Puebla, on May 5, 1862, where the French troops under his command were defeated by Mexican troops led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Latrille de Lorencez left Veracruz on December 17, 1862.
He later fought during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. His contraction of yellow fever in Mexico compelled him to retire from active service two years later. His wife, Countess Emilia Alvarez de Perez, tried desperately to save her husband's life, and in his last days spent day and night by his side. Charles Ferdinand Latrille de Lorencez died on July 16, 1892. He was survived by his wife and a daughter, Countess Emilia Perez de Lorencez. Countess Emilia died in 1971 at approximately 107 years of age, having outlived three husbands. She was survived by her eldest daughters, Countess Emilia Perez de Lorencez (Lorencz), Sara Perez de Madero, Princess Maria Elena Perez Torquatus Von Radic (Frangipani - Frankopan), and her sons Francisco Perez de Gutierrez and Professor Enrique Perez de Gutierrez.
