Louis-Toussaint Champion de Cicé
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Louis-Toussaint Champion de Cicé (Rennes, 5 August 1732—Paris, 28 January 1792) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.[1]
Biography[]
Champion de Cicé was born to an aristocratic family. He was brother to Bishop of Troyes and later Bishop of Auxerre, and to , who served as Minister of Justice and drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
,Champion de Cicé joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 12 January 1746. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 17 April 1757, and to Captain on 24 March 1772.[1][2] He married Jeanne-Geneviève-Henriette de Fusée de Voisenon in 1767.[3]
In 1778, he served as first officer on the 74-gun Zodiaque, part of the First Division of the White squadron in the fleet under Orvilliers.[1][4]
In 1780, he was given command of the 64-gun Solitaire in the squadron under Guichen.[5] He took part in the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 avril 1781, [6] and served under De Grasse, taking part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the subsequent Siege of Yorktown.[1]
Champion de Cicé was promoted to Brigadier in 1782,[1] and to Chef d'Escadre on 20 August 1784.[2][7]
Sources and references[]
Notes
Citations
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Contenson (1934), p. 159.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 626.
- ^ "Papiers de famille" (PDF). Archives départementales des Yvelines. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 617.
- ^ Contenson (1934), p. 643.
- ^ Troude (1867), p. 102.
- ^ Contenson (1934), p. 665.
References
- Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
- Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.
External links
- "Document d'archives : Champion (Louis Toussaint, comte de Cicé, lieutenant de vaisseau)..." France Archives. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "Papiers de famille" (PDF). Archives départementales des Yvelines. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- French Navy officers
- French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War