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Jan 29, 1768 Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany Died on 18 Apr 1827 (aged 59)
French general
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About Paul Grenier
- Count Paul Grenier (29 January 1768 – 17 April 1827) joined the French royal army and rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- He led a division in the 1796-1797 campaign in southern Germany.
- During the 1800 campaign in the Electorate of Bavaria he was a wing commander.
- Beginning in 1809, in the Napoleonic Wars, Emperor Napoleon I entrusted him with corps commands in the Italian theater.
- A skilled tactician, he was one of the veteran generals who made the Napoleonic armies such a formidable foe to the other European powers.
- After the Bourbon Restoration he retired from the army and later went into politics.
- Grenier is one of the Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
