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Pietro Teulié
Pietro Teulié (Milan, 3 February 1769 — Kolberg, 18 June 1807) was an Italian general who served in the Kingdom of Italy during the Napoleonic Wars. He was killed during the siege of the Prussian fortress of Kolberg.
Biography.
He was born in Milan, the son of Filippo and Teresa Crippa. His father, a state officer, was the last descendant of a medium-class family from Languedoc, and tried to make him a lawyer, with scarce results.
Biography Early Service
that fell under the French rule after brief combat.
In 1807 he was sent on the aid of the Italian general Pietro Teulié, who was besieging the fortress of Kolberg, in Prussia. After the death of Teulié he received the command "ad interim" of the division and, in June, conquered the fortified position. The following month the division under his command took the Swedish fort of Stralsund, one of the last actions of the entire war. For his distinguished service, he was awarded with the rank of