Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel

Birth Name:
Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel
Birth Date:
November 9, 1771
Birth Place:
Paris, France
Death Date:
February 5, 1849
Place of Death:
Paris, France
Age:
77
Cause of Death:
Natural causes
Cemetery Name:
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
Claim to Fame:
Historical Figure
General Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel served as aide-de-camp to Napoleon who spent much of his career with the 16th Chasseurs à Cheval. Cavalry General in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. appointed second-in-command of the National Guard in Paris by Napoléon during the Hundred Days.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

16 Rue du Repos

Paris, , 75020

France

Europe

Map:

Cemetery map of Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris, France.
Cemetery map of Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris, France.

Grave Location:

Division 29

Grave Location Description

The final resting place of Antoine Jean Auguste Durosnel is located on Avenue Feuillant between Avenue Transversale No. 1 and Chemin de la Cave right on the avenue about 20 feet from the intersect of Avenue Transversale No. 1.

Grave Location GPS

48.861944, 2.394167

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