May 13, 1754 (Cahuzac-sur-Vère) - February 13, 1807 (Vornen)
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- d'Hautpoul, Jean-Joseph-Ange, count
Born in the Château de Salettes, enlisted at fifteen in the Corsican Legion then a young gentleman in the Languedoc regiment from 1777 to 1792 d'Hautpoul was a colonel when the war began. Remained at the head of his troops although noble thanks to the intervention of his soldiers, he was in Fleurus (June 26, 1794), commanded the vanguard cavalry of the army of Sambre-et-Meuse in 1794 and 1795. Wounded in Altenkirchen (June 4, 1796), he was promoted to general of division and inspector of the cavalry. He is still crossing the Rhine at Neuwied (April 18, 1797), gets along badly with Lefebvre then with Jourdan who tries to hold him responsible for the failure of Stockach (March 25, 1799). Acquitted by the court martial, he distinguished himself at Engen, at Biberach, at Hohenlinden in 1800. Made inspector general of the cavalry, he played an eminent role at Austerlitz through his cavalry charge which drove into the Russian center. Senator in May 1806, d'Hautpoul was entrusted with a division of cuirassiers for the Prussian campaign, won the victory by his charge at Jena. He will be mortally wounded on his third charge at Eylau. Napoleon had him buried in the Panthéon and ordered a statue of him to be melted down with the cannons taken from the enemy after this battle, an order which was not followed by execution. The name of Hautpoul appears on the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile.
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- Hautpoul in Eylau