Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette
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Not to be confused with Jean-Baptiste de La Valette, captain in the Régiment de Normandie, killed in 1674 at the siege of Grave.[1][2].
Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette or Louis Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette or Louis Jean-Baptiste de Thomas de la Valette, Count of la Valette, was a former noble turned Robespierrist.
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Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette | |
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Native name | Louis Jean-Baptiste de Thomas de la Valette |
Born | (1753-10-27)27 October 1753 Paris (France) |
Died | 28 July 1794(1794-07-28) (aged 40) guillotined Paris (France) |
Allegiance | France |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Unit | French National Guard (17th division) |
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He was elected lieutenant colonel commanding the Lombards battalion in September 1792. He served as commanding officer, leader of popular society, military governor, and lieutenant colonel.
He was guillotined on 10 Thermidor Year II (28 July 1794) in the wake of Thermidorian Reaction, as a Hanriot assistant and a Robespierrist,[3]