Antoine Noguès | |
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Born | 7 May 1777
Castelnau-Rivière-Basse,
Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Died | 21 December 1853 |
Spouse | Jenny Saint-Pierre-Lespéret |
Parent(s) | Antoine Noguès Marie Rangon |
Relatives |
Jean-François-Xavier Noguès (brother) Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret (father-in-law) |
Antoine Noguès (7 May 1777 – 21 December 1853) was a French Army general. He served in the Grande Armée as well as in the Hundred Days and the Waterloo Campaign.
Antoine Noguès was born on 7 May 1777 in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, Hautes-Pyrénées. [1] [2] His father, Antoine Noguès, was a landowner in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse; his mother was Marie Rangon. [1] His elder brother, Jean-François-Xavier Noguès, also became a general. [1]
Noguès joined the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees on 3 February 1792. [1] He was appointed as second lieutenant in 1793, aide-de-camp to Jean Lannes in 1795, and lieutenant followed by captain in 1796. [1] He served in Italy in 1801–1802, and in the Antilles in 1802–1803. [1] He was wounded in Saint Lucia in 1803 and promoted to battalion chief. [1] Upon returning to France, he became an aide-de-camp to Pierre Augereau, and he served in the Grande Armée from 1805 to 1806, when he became lieutenant colonel. [1] He served as a colonel in Germany from 1806 to 1808, and as Chief of the Defence Staff in Puigcerdà, Spain from 1811 to 1813. [1]
Noguès served as brigadier general in Girona, Catalonia and Aragon from 1813 to 1814. [1] He joined the Army of the North in 1815, and he served in the Hundred Days and the Waterloo Campaign. [1] He commanded the Hautes-Pyrénées from 1818 to 1830, and the Basses-Pyrénées from 1830 to 1848. [1]
Noguès became a commander of the Legion of Honour. [1]
Noguès married Jenny, the daughter of Henri Saint-Pierre-Lespéret. [1] She was the godmother of Jenny Foch, the sister of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. [1]
Noguès died on 21 December 1853 in Jû-Belloc, Gers. [3] His memoirs were edited by Baron André de Maricourt in 1922. [1]