Louis Alexis Desmichels, born in Digne March 15, 1779, died in Paris in 1845, was a French soldier in the French Revolution who became a general under the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (), officially the ''Kingdom of France'' (), was a liberalism, liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 9 August 1830, after the revolutionary victory of the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 26 Februar ...

. He was known for his role in the conquest of Algeria and relations with

Emir Abdelkader Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; '), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abd al-Qadir al-Hassani al-Jaza'iri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of ...

Biography

Desmichels was the commander of the French forces in

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from 1833 to 1835. In 1833, Desmichels retook the city of

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as part of the

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. He was party to the Desmichels Treaty in 1834 with Abdelkader, in which the French made major concessions to Abdelkader, but without the knowledge or consent of the French government. However, when the French government learned of the treaty, Desmichels denied its existence.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Desmichels, Louis Alexis 1779 births 1845 deaths French generals People from Digne-les-Bains French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars