Hippolyte-Marie-Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, Comte de Piré, (Rennes, 31 March 1778 – Paris, 20 July 1850) was a French general who fought in the
Napoleonic Wars
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, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
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His name is inscribed on the
second column of the Northern Pillar of the
Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Plac ...
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1778 births
1850 deaths
Military personnel from Rennes
Barons of the First French Empire
French generals
Generals of the First French Empire
Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
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