Jean-Chrysostôme Brunetteau de Sainte-Suzanne

Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne (4 March 1773, Poivres - 2 August 1830 Clermont-Ferrand) was a French Empire baron and general.

Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne was born to Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau, in a family of officers of the low nobility.

He joined the Army on 10 July 1789 in the Anjou infantry regiment. He was promoted to sous-lieutenant on 16 September 1791, and to lieutenant on 12 October. Serving the Armée du Rhin, he took part with Custine in the capture of Speyer and Mainz in 1792. He rose to captain on 18 October 1793, taking part in the sieges of Dunkirk and Maubeuge, and in several skirmishes in the region.

Bruneteau was relieved of duty on 14 February 1794, during the Reign of Terror, for being nobility. He was reinstated at the Thermidorian Reaction.

In 1796, he joined the Army of Italy, taking part in the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole and in the Battle of Rivoli.

In 1798, he was transferred to the Army of the West, before returning to Italy. He took part in the Battle of Cassano and in the Battle of Novi on 15 August 1799, where he received a battlefield promotion to chef de bataillon (major). The rank was confirmed on 2 May 1800. He was then transferred to the Army of the Rhine, where he took part in several skirmishes.

In 1802, he took part in several skirmishes with the flotilla of Boulogne.

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