Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais [SEP] date of death
Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais
Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais (18 October 1777, Paris – 3 January 1809, Cacabelos, Spain), Comte de l'Empire joined the French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. He became a general officer of cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars and fought in a number of major battles under Emperor Napoleon I of France in 1805-1807. He was killed by a long range shot fired by a British rifleman during the Peninsular War in 1809 .
Early career.
la Noblesse Française (ANF) since 1951, and is still represented today.
Descendants.
Général Baron Claude Testot-Ferry had 8 children, 4 from his first marriage and 4 from his second (after his first wife's death). These included Gustave Testot-Ferry (his first name is an anagram of Auguste in tribute to Claude's great friend Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais), whose descendants form the elder branch of the family, and Henry Testot-Ferry, whose descendants form the