Jean, comte Dembarrère (3 July 1747 – 3 March 1828) was a French general and engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
Born into a noble family in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Dembarrère entered the École royale du génie de Mézières in 1768.
A military engineer, he was head of engineering for the Army of Italy. He was a later a member of the Sénat conservateur which deposed Napoleon and restored the Bourbons.
He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis. His name is one of the 660 inscribed under the Arc du Triomphe.
Works
- Coup d'oeil sur les parties diverses de la science militaire (1783)
- Eloge historique de Vauban (1784)
- Observations sur un imprimé du lieutenant-général comte de Sainte-Suzanne (1819)
- Chandelleries à opérer dans le système des places fortes (1819).
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