Sextius Alexandre François de Miollis

His father was a councilor of the provincial Parlement of Aix[1] who was ennobled in 1770 for his services at the legal courts there.

In the French Revolutionary Wars, he demonstrated skill and bravery often, becoming a brigadier general in 1796.

Commanding a division after the Treaty of Campo Formio, he was put in charge of the occupation of Tuscany.

With some pomp and circumstance, he transferred the ashes of Ariosto to the University of Ferrara where they received the homage due to them.

He carried out his orders there with respect to Pope Pius VII and the queen of Etruria, Maria Luisa de Bourbon of Spain.