Effective 29 October 1808, he was created a Baron of the Empire, with letters patent dated 25 May 1811.
[1] He volunteered for the French army in 1768 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1792.
[2] In 1793, he was assigned to the 10th Grenadiers in Custine's Army of the Moselle.
[3] On 7 March 1799, he crossed the Rhine with the Army of the Danube, under command of Jean Baptiste Jourdan; in 1800, he was with the Army of the Reserve, then stationed in the Cisalpine Republic.
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