Emmanuel Maximilien-Joseph Guidal

Emmanuel Maximilien-Joseph Guidal (French pronunciation: [emanɥɛl maksimiljɛ̃ ʒozɛf ɡidal]; 31 December 1764 – 29 October 1812) was a French general involved in the Malet Conspiracy which was aimed at toppling Napoleon I, who was away from Paris at the time.

[1] He may have been the General Guidal who, using treachery, lured Chouan rebel Louis de Frotté to Alençon, where the man was seized and executed.

[citation needed] A supporter of the French Republic, Guidal disagreed with Napoleon I and, after conspiring with the British, was incarcerated in La Force prison.

Guidal, with a detachment of National Guards, was to arrest Henri Clarke, the Minister of War, and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, the Archchancellor.

[2] The coup was eventually foiled, and, along with Malet and Lahorie, Guidal was tried by a council of war.