June 20, 1761 (Obenheim) - November 24, 1813 (Kusel, Saarland)
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- Walther, Frédéric Henri, count
Son of a pastor, enlisted in the Bercheny hussars in 1781, Walther was lieutenant then captain in 1792, wounded at Neerwinden (March 18, 1793), then passed from the Armée du Nord to those of the Alps and Italy with the rank of brigadier general from October 1793 and commanded Augereau's cavalry there. In 1800, he took part brilliantly in the campaign against Austria, was wounded at Hohenlinden. He is designated for the Santo Domingo expedition but does not leave. General of division in 1803, he was wounded at Austerlitz while charging at the head of his dragoons. Chamberlain to the Emperor in February 1806, major-colonel of the horse grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, he served in Prussia and Poland and distinguished himself at Eylau with a decisive charge. Count of the Empire in 1808, after a brief stay in Spain, he distinguished himself again in Essling and Wagram. He succeeded in bringing back almost all of his grenadiers during the retreat from Russia. In 1813, he was still fighting in Saxony with his horse grenadiers, upset the Bavarians at Hanau and died suddenly on his way to Metz. The Emperor had him buried in the Pantheon. Walther's name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe.
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