Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac

Jean-Girard Lacuée
Born	4 November 1752 Hautefage-la-Tour (Lot-et-Garonne)
Died	18 June 1841 Paris
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	Cavalry
Other work	peer of France

Jean-Girard Lacuée, count of Cessac (château de Lamassas),^[1] near Hautefage-la-Tour in the arrondissement of Agen, 4 November 1752 - Paris, 18 June 1841) was a French general and politician, peer of France and Minister for War under Napoleon I of France. His name is inscribed on the south side (column 18) of the Arc de Triomphe.

Notes and references

1. ↑ Castle of Lamassas on Napoleon & Empire website

Sources

• "Jean-Gérard Lacuée de Cessac" in Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852 ;
• "Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource

External links

• (French) Académie française
• (French) Archives nationales (CARAN) – Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre – Fort de Vincennes – Dossier S.H.A.T. Côte : 7 Yd 396.
  • (French) Côte S.H.A.T., état de services, distinctions sur web.genealogie.free.fr : Les militaires.

First cabinet of Napoleon (18 May 1804 to 1 April 1814) Head of state: Napoleon Secretary of State Hugues-Bernard Maret Pierre Daru Hugues-Bernard Maret Napoleon Foreign Affairs Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny Hugues-Bernard Maret Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt Interior Jean-Antoine Chaptal Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny Emmanuel Crétet Joseph Fouché Jean-Pierre de Montalivet Justice Claude Ambroise Régnier Louis-Mathieu Molé War Louis-Alexandre Berthier Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke Pierre Daru War Administration Jean François Aimé Dejean Jean-Girard Lacuée Finance Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin Treasury François Barbé-Marbois Nicolas François, Count Mollien Navy and Colonies Denis Decrès Police Joseph Fouché Anne Jean Marie René Savary Religious affairs Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu Manufacturing and Commerce Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy Preceded by French Consulate • Followed by French provisional government of 1814