Amable-Gaspard-Henri, vicomte de Courtais (10 January 1790 – 10 June 1877) was a French soldier and politician.

During the Second French Republic he was made a General and head of the National Guard of Paris.

He failed to suppress the invasion of the Constituent Assembly by a mob on 15 May 1848 and was accused of being a traitor, but was later acquitted.

[3] The provisional government invited Courtais to assume the rank of General and the command of the National Guard of Paris.

General Courtais acted indecisively, and told the guard not to use force against the people.

[3] Courtais went to Alphonse de Lamartine for advice, but although he was told to place himself at the head of his troops, he continued to wander around without doing anything.

Courtais submitted to a year of pre-trial detention before being given his freedom by the High Court of Bourges on 2 April 1849.