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On his death, his name was on the list of officers being considered to fill the position of Marshal of France. He was created a Baron d’Empire and on the restoration of Louis XVIII of France he was created Vicomte de L\u00e9ry and given the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. He is one of the 660 personalities whose names are engraved on the Arc de Triomphe at Paris.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Early life[edit]Born 1754 at Quebec City, he was one of the eighteen children of The Hon. Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry (1721-1797) and his wife Louise, daughter of Fran\u00e7ois Martel de Brouague (1692-1761), Commandant of the Coast of Labrador, and niece of Louis-Philippe Mariauchau d’Esgly, 8th Bishop of Quebec. In 1763, his parents were the first French Canadian couple to be presented to the English Court, drawing the compliment from King George III that if all Canadian ladies resembled his mother, Mme de L\u00e9ry, then his father had made une belle conquete.[1]He came from a notable Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois family: He was a grandson of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry (1682-1756) and a nephew of the Marquis de Lotbini\u00e8re. He was a brother of The Hon. Louis-Ren\u00e9 Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry, The Hon. Charles-\u00c9tienne Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry and Mme. Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu.In 1763, after the British Conquest of New France, accompanied by his parents he left Quebec and by way of England came to Paris. He was educated by the Benedictines, where he learnt English, the sciences, mathematics and physics. Following family tradition, in early 1773 he began his training as a military engineer at the Grande \u00c9cole Militaire at M\u00e9zi\u00e8res.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4From 1780 to 1790, his early military career as an engineer was passed at La F\u00e8re and Brest before he was posted overseas to Martinique, Guadeloupe and the Islands of Tobago.[2] By 1790, he had been noticed by Napoleon. He was promoted to Lieutenant and made a Chevalier de Saint-Louis.[3] During the Napoleonic Wars his career advanced rapidly as he was successively given a Bataillon; promoted to Brigade General (1795), G\u00e9n\u00e9ral des Arm\u00e9es du Roi (1805) and Inspector General of Fortifications.[4]In 1811, he was created a Baron d’Empire and given an estate in Westphalia.[5]Napoleon made him Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the former Kingdom of Holland and he was given a division in Austria that formed part of the army that fought at the Battle of Austerlitz. He was made a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour as Commandant du G\u00e9nie in Italy and Spain in 1813. In 1818, on the restoration of Louis XVIII of France, Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry was created Vicomte de L\u00e9ry and given the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.[6]In 1801, he had married Marie C\u00e9cile (1773-1850), daughter of G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Fran\u00e7ois Christophe de Kellermann, 1st Duc de Valmy; Marshal of France. She was the sister of Fran\u00e7ois \u00c9tienne de Kellermann, 2nd Duc de Valmy. In 1818, he retired with his wife to Ch\u00e2teau d’Etry at Annet-sur-Marne, where he was Mayor from 1821 to 1824.[7]In 1824, he died at the Ch\u00e2teau des Bergeries, Chartrettes, while visiting his friend and relation, Le Comte de Marchais. He is buried at Annet-sur-Marne. On his death, his name was on the list of officers being considered for the position of Marshal of France.[8] He is one of the 660 personalities whose names are engraved on the Arc de Triomphe at Paris.See also[edit]References[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/francois-joseph-chaussegros-de-lery-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Fran\u00e7ois-Joseph Chaussegros de L\u00e9ry – Wikipedia"}}]}]