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Antoine Maurin
Antoine Maurin (19 December 1771 – 4 October 1830) commanded a French cavalry division in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars and in 1815 led his troops against the Prussians at Ligny where he was wounded. His army service began in 1792 during the French Revolution when he enlisted in a cavalry regiment as a trooper. He spent his entire military career as a cavalryman. During the French Revolutionary Wars he advanced through the ranks and became commander of a light cavalry regiment in 1802. While only a colonel, he commanded
Maurin
Maurin is a surname, and may refer to:
- Antoine Maurin (1771–1830), French cavalry commander.
- Antoine Maurin (1793–1860), French lithographer.
- Charles Maurin (1856–1914), French painter, engraver, and an anarchist.
- Eva Maurin (1993), French artistic gymnast.
- Joaquín Maurín (1896–1973), Spanish Communist politician.
- José Manuel García Maurin (1997), Spanish soccer player.
- Julien Maurin (1985), French rally