Antoine-François Andréossy

Comte Antoine-François Andréossy (6 March 1761 – 10 September 1828) was a Franco-Italian nobleman. He served as a French Army artillery general, diplomat and parliamentarian.

Antoine-François Andréossy
S.E. M. le comte Andréossy
NicknameItalian: Antonio Andreossi
Born(1761-03-06)6 March 1761
Castelnaudary
Died10 September 1828(1828-09-10) (aged 67)
Montauban
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Template:Country data Kingdom of the French
 French First Republic
 First French Empire
France Bourbon Restoration (France)
Service/branchFrench Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsDutch Civil War;
French Revolutionary Wars
  • Battle of the Bridge of Arcole
  • Siege of Mantua;
Napoleonic Wars
RelationsDr. François Andréossi
(great-grandfather)
Other workAmbassador to Great Britain;
Ambassador to Austrian Empire;
Ambassador to Ottoman Empire;
Deputy of the French Parliament

Works

Andréossy's works included the following:[1]

  • on artillery (with which arm he was most intimately connected throughout his military career):
    • Quelques idées relatives à l'usage de l'artillerie dans l'attaque et ... la défense des places (Metz);
    • Essai sur le tir des projectiles creux (Paris, 1826);
  • on military history:
    • Campagne sur le Main el la Rednitz de l'armée gallo-batave (Paris, 1802);
    • Opérations des pontonniers en Italie . . . 1795-1796 (Paris, 1843).

Honours and titles

Titles
  • - Knight of the Empire
  • - Count of the Empire

Honours
  • - Grand-croix, Order of Saint Louis
  • - Grand-officier, Ordre de la Légion d'honneur
  • - Chevalier, Order of Malta
  • - Commandeur, Orders of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Lazarus
  • - Grand-chancelier, Order of the Golden Fleece

Notes
  1. Chisholm 1911, p. 971.

References
  • "Antoine, François Andréossy (1761 - 1828)", Mandats à l'Assemblée nationale ou à la Chambre des députés (17/11/1827 - 16/05/1830) (in French), Assemblée nationale, 2015, archived from the original on 23 September 2015, retrieved 25 April 2015
  • "ASMP: Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques", ASMP (in French), archived from the original on 14 January 2013, retrieved 28 April 2015
  • "C VILLANI à l'IUT de Nîmes le jeudi 7 Mai 2015", Lycée François Andréossy (in French), 1 April 2015, retrieved 28 April 2015
  • "Salle des inventaires virtuelle", Salle des inventaires virtuelle (in French), retrieved 28 April 2015
  • Jensen, Nathan D. (May 2014), "Antoine-François Andreossy", Arc de Triomphe, retrieved 28 April 2015

Attribution

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Andréossy, Antoine-François". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 971. Endnotes:
    • Marion, Notice nécrologique sur le Lt.-Général Comte Andréossy.
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Further reading
  • Chandler, David, Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars
  • "Les personnages", Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire (in French), 26 January 2007, archived from the original on 15 January 2015, retrieved 28 April 2015

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