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Encyclopedia > Dominique Catherine de Pérignon

Dominique-Catherine Pérignon, marquis de Grenade (1754-1818) was marshal of France. 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...


He made his military career during French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793-1795 he successfully commanded the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees and defeated the Spaniards at Escola and Roses. In 1796 he was appointed ambassador to Spain and comcluded the Treaty of San Idelfonso against Britain. He was then involved in a smuggling affair and compromised with a young woman spy. In 1798 Perignon was recalled and to the Italian Army. At the Battle of Novi he was wounded and captured. Perignon was made senator (1801), Marshal of France (1804) and count of the Empire by Napoleon. From 18 September 1806 to 23 July 1808 Count Perignon was the Governor-general of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. Later named to Naples, Pérignon, recently ennobled, was a close acquaintance of the royal couple. He returned to France in 1814 and rallied to Louis XVIII, who raised named him marquis de Grenade. The French Revolutionary Wars occurred between the outbreak of war between the French Revolutionary government and Austria in 1792 and the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Central Pyrenees The Pyrenees (French: Pyrénées; Spanish: Pirineos; Occitan: Pirenèus or Pirenèas; Catalan Pirineus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. ... For the flower, see rose. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The battle of Novi was a battle in the French Revolutionary Wars that was fought on August 15, 1799. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess. Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor in the West in 467, he was... An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as imperium) comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... Parma is a medieval city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, with splendid architecture and a fine countryside around it. ... Piacenza is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, of approximately 104,000 inhabitants. ... Guastalla is a commune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna. ... Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824. ... Marquis has many different meanings: Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist. ... The word grenade can mean:- The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ...



 
 

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