Charles de Bonchamps

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Charles de Bonchamps was a prominent royalist general and nobleman who led Catholic insurgent forces during the French Revolution’s War in the Vendée and became renowned for his chivalry and clemency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman
counter-revolutionary
human
royalist military leader
allegiance French royalists
Kingdom of France
birthDate 1760-05-10
birthPlace Anjou
Juvardeil
Kingdom of France
causeOfDeath wounds in battle
commanded Catholic and Royal Army of the Vendée
commemoratedBy sculpture by David d’Angers
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1793-10-18
deathPlace France
Maine-et-Loire
Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
era French Revolution
familyName de Bonchamps
fullName Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps
gender male
givenName Charles
hasWorkOfArtDedicated Mausoleum of Bonchamps at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
ideology royalism
killedIn War in the Vendée
linked to: Vendée uprising
knownFor chivalry
clemency
ordering the pardon of Republican prisoners at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil
languageSpoken French
militaryBranch French Royal Army
linked to: French royal forces
militaryRank general
movement Catholic and Royal Army
nobleTitle marquis
notableFor acts of clemency toward prisoners
leadership in the War in the Vendée
opposedTo French First Republic
French Revolution
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars
War in the Vendée
linked to: Vendée uprising
regionOfActivity Vendée
western France
linked to: Western France
religion Roman Catholicism

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Vendée uprising commander Charles de Bonchamps
Catholic and Royal Army commander Charles de Bonchamps
Battle of Cholet (1793) commander Charles de Bonchamps
Virée de Galerne commandedBy Charles de Bonchamps
Charles de Bonchamps fullName Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps
linked to: Charles de Bonchamps
Charles de Bonchamps familyName de Bonchamps
linked to: Charles de Bonchamps