César Alexandre Debelle [SEP] date of birth
César Alexandre Debelle
César Alexandre Debelle (Voreppe, Isère, 27 November 1770 – 19 July 1826) was a French general. He was created a baron of the Empire in 1808. He was the cavalry brigade commander at the Battle of Sahagún, where his force was heavily defeated by British hussars under Henry, Lord Paget. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe. His brother Jean-François Joseph Debelle was also a general.
Alexandre Debelle
Alexandre Joseph Michel François Debelle (21 December 1805 in Voreppe – 22 July 1897 in Grenoble) was a French painter, designer and lithographer.
Biography.
He was born into a noble military family. His father, Joseph Guillaume Debelle (1779-1816), was a Captain in the Grande Armée. After 1816, Alexandre was raised by his uncle, César Alexandre Debelle (Baron de Gachetière), who became his guardian.
He originally studied law at the University of Grenoble. In 1830