Antoine Gentili (1743 or 1751 – 1798) was a

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. After the French Revolution he sided with the new

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, but was defeated and surrendered to the British after their 1794 Invasion of Corsica. After that he fought as a in the French Army of Italy, leading the recapture of Corsica in 1796. In 1797 he was appointed as the first governor of the Ionian Islands under French rule in 1797. He retired on grounds of ill health soon after, dying on 27 March 1798.

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* * * * * * and * * Tradition. Hors série Les généraux de Napoléon, volume 1 - Alain Pigeard. Coll de J.-N. Poiron * * Dictionnaire Encyclopédique D’Histoire. Larousse-Bordas. Coll de J.-N. Poiron {{DEFAULTSORT:Gentili, Antoine Year of birth uncertain 1798 deaths French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars People from Corsica French rule in the Ionian Islands (1797–1799) 18th century in Corsica