December 14, 1769 (Berlin) - October 14, 1846 (Paris)
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- Thiébault, Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri-Dieudonné, baron
Employed in the liquidation of the debt in 1792, Thiébault enlisted in Paris in August, was a non-commissioned officer in November but was dismissed shortly after for health reasons. He reappeared as a lieutenant in the Tournai regiment in February 1793, then captain and aide-de-camp to General de Valence. Arrested in April 1793 as an accomplice of Dumouriez, he was released at the end of May. In the Army of the North until the end of 1794, he was then assigned to the Army of the Interior and participated in the repression of the royalist insurrection of 13-Vendémiaire (October 5, 1795). Sent shortly after to the Army of Italy, he performed the duties of Chief of Staff there and Masséna appointed him Brigadier General during the siege of Genoa. Wounded at Austerlitz, he was promoted to general of division in the army of Portugal in 1808 and served in the Iberian Peninsula until the end of 1812. Baron of the Empire in 1811, he was recalled following his disputes with Caffarelli. In 1813-1814, he remained locked up in Hamburg with Davout. During the Hundred Days, Thiébault served in the defense of Paris. An intelligent but quarrelsome character, Thiébault left savory memoirs with a witty wickedness that ensured them great success. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.