Armand Lebrun de la Houssaye (20 October 1768–19 June 1848) led a cavalry division during the

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. He joined the army of the First French Republic in 1791 and fought at Kaiserslautern in 1793. He was appointed to lead a hussar regiment the following year. Promoted to general officer in 1804, he led a heavy cavalry brigade at

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, Eylau, and Heilsberg and a division at Friedland. Transferred to Spain, he commanded a dragoon division under Marshal

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at Corunna,

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and Second Porto, and Arzobispo in 1809. In 1812 he led a cavalry division in the III Cavalry Corps during the French invasion of Russia where he was badly wounded at

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. While recovering in the hospital, he was captured by the Russians and held until the peace in 1814. Lahoussaye is one of the

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on Column 6.

Life in Utrecht

When he came to Utrecht (NL) to recover, he fell in love with his neighbor's daughter, Charlotte Juliana Vossenberg. They were married on May 11, 1797. They had one daughter, Carolina Julia (1798-1876) who was baptised Evangelical Lutheran.

References

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