Antoine-François Andréossy
| Antoine-François Andréossy | |
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S.E. M. le comte Andréossy
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| Nickname(s) | Italian: Antonio Andreossi |
| Born |
6 March 1761 Castelnaudary |
| Died | 10 September 1828 (aged 67) Montauban |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French French First Republic First French Empire Bourbon Restoration (France)
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| Service/branch | French Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars |
Dutch Civil War; |
| Relations |
Dr. François Andréossi (great-grandfather) |
| Other work |
Ambassador to Great Britain; Ambassador to Austrian Empire; Ambassador to Ottoman Empire; Deputy of the French Parliament |
Dutch Civil War;
French Revolutionary Wars
Comte Antoine-François Andréossy (6 March 1761 – 10 September 1828) was a Franco-Italian nobleman, who served as a French Army artillery general, diplomat and parliamentarian.
Born at Castelnaudary in Aude, scion of an ancient Italian minor noble family from Lucca, he was a great-grandson of the celebrated civil engineer and architect of the Canal du Midi, François Andréossy (1633-1688).
An outstanding officer cadet at the Metz School of Artillery, Andréossy was commissioned in the in 1781, seeing action in the Dutch Civil War (1787); he was promoted as Captain in 1788.
On the outbreak of the Revolution he adopted its principles. At the start of the Revolutionary Wars he saw active service on the Rhine in 1794 and in Italy in 1795, and in the campaign of 1796–1797 under Napoleon Bonaparte on engineer duties, commanding the bridging train of the French Army of Italy after June 1796, and fought with distinction at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole and the Siege of Mantua..
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