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Charles François de
Virot (also
spelt Viraud or Vireaux)
marquis de
Sombreuil (12
January 1725 – 17 June 1794) was a
French Royalist general of the Ancien...
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Charles Eugène
Gabriel de
Sombreuil (11 July 1770 – 28 July 1795) was a
French Royalist commander during the
French Revolution. He was born in Bonnac-la-Côte...
- July, 2,000 more émigré soldiers,
commanded by
Charles Eugène
Gabriel de
Sombreuil landed at
Quiberon as reinforcements. The émigrés, then the Chouans, thus...
- the defense,
under the
command of Général
Charles François de
Virot de
Sombreuil, but
Hermilly was
killed in
action on 16 July. By the 20th, the fortress...
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reinforced by 32
Swiss grenadiers from the Salis-Samade Regiment.
Unlike Sombreuil, the
governor of the Hôtel des Invalides, who had
accepted the revolutionaries'...
- in Quiberon,
reinforcements of 2,000 men led by
Charles de
Virot de
Sombreuil joined the émigrés. They
attempted to
attack on 16 July, but were crushed...
- An
Incident during the M****acre:
Charles François de
Virot de
Sombreuil and his
daughter leaving the prison.
Painting by
Walter William Ouless...
- (1890 - 1957),
French sports journalist Charles François de
Virot de
Sombreuil (1725 - 1794),
French general Robert Virot (1915 - 2002),
French botanist...
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Prison de l’Abbaye, he
released the
marquis Charles François de
Virot de
Sombreuil, who had been
saved by his
daughter Marie-Maurille, to whom
legend confers...
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Chouannerie rebellion, and the
surrender of the Armée des émigrés
ordered by
Sombreuil on 21 July, most
prisoners were
transferred to Auray.
After a summary...
