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Jean Baptiste André Ruault de La Bonnerie

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Service/branch
  
Infantry

Rank
  
Major general

Born
  
4 February 1744 Paris, France (
1744-02-04
)

Years of service
  
1760–1792 1792–1793 1793–1817

Battles/wars
  
War of the First Coalition Siege of Lille (1792) Siege of Maastricht (1793) Battle of Neerwinden (1793)

Awards
  
Order of Saint-Louis, 1781

Died
  
13 April 1817, Graz, Austria

Battles and wars
  
War of the First Coalition, Siege of Lille, Siege of Maastricht

Allegiances
  
Kingdom of France, France, Habsburg Monarchy

Jean-Baptiste André Isidore Ruault de La Bonnerie (4 February 1744 – 13 April 1817) became a French general officer early in the War of the First Coalition and later emigrated to Habsburg Austria under which he also was a general. He joined the French Royal Army in 1760 and became a general of brigade in 1792. He commanded the French defenders during the 1792 Siege of Lille. After fighting at Maastricht and Neerwinden he followed Charles François Dumouriez and other generals in defecting to Austria. He entered Habsburg service as a colonel and became a General-major in 1804. He died in 1817 at Graz.

References

Jean-Baptiste André Ruault de La Bonnerie Wikipedia