Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve [SEP] place of birth
Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve
Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve (Le Theil-de-Bretagne, 7 March 1777 - Paris, 22 March 1852) was a French naval officer and admiral.
Career.
Ducrest de Villeneuve joined the Navy in 1791, aged 14. In 1796, he was a midshipman first class, and in 1800 he had risen to ensign.
In 1805, he served on "Redoutable", under Captain Lucas, and took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was seriously
Condorcet) (1744–1794)
- Gabriel Brizard (c1744–1793)
- André-Samuel-Michel Cantwell (1744–1802)
- Étienne Pélabon (1745–1808)
- Jean Antoine Roucher (1745–1794)
- Jean-Sifrein Maury (Abbé Maury) (1746–1817)
- Joseph-Alexandre-Victor Hupay de Fuveau (1746–1818)
- Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis (Madame de Genlis) (1746–1830)
- Armand Louis de Gontaut, duc de Biron, duc de Lauzun (