Etienne Heudelet de Bierre , born with Dijon the November 12th 1770, military French.

Lieutenant with the 3rd battalion of the volunteers of the Coast-with Or in 1792, assistant of the adjudant-generals the same year, assistance-of-camp of the general of cavalry Dubois, on September 1st 1793, and a few months after assistance-of-camp of the general Michaud, commander-in-chief of the Armed with the Rhine. He was adjudant-general chief of brigade, the December 30th 1794, after being himself distinguished as much by his talents as by his courage with the armies from the the Rhine and the the Moselle.

In 1795, he was chief of staff of the general Gouvion-Saint-Cyr with the Armée with Mainz. In 1796, it ordered the avant-garde of the general Delmas, ordered the avant-garde with the Passage of the Rhine under Moreau. It obtained on this occasion the congratulations of this last and the government.

Promoted with the Brigadier general rank of , the February 5th 1799, it was used initially with the army as observation, was then in charge of a secret mission by Bernadotte, passed to the Armée with the Danube and ruined, with the head of the 5th division which it ordered by interim, the passage of the Aar tried by the Prince Charles.

With Hohenlinden, it belonged to division Ney. In 1803, it ordered the Département of the Paddle in the same year; it was with the head of the avant-garde of Davout and was announced by the passage of the Ems to Steyer, and by the Combat of Marienzell, the November 8th 1805, where it beat completely the division of the Austrian general Merfelt, strong out of 10 battalions, killed 1.500 men to him, took 4.000 of them, with 10 guns, 6 flags and more than one hundred cars of crews.

With Austerlitz, it was distinguished again and was named Major general (December 24th 1805) Charged with the 2° division of the 7th body in May 1806, it was shown in a brilliant way with Iéna and Eylau, where a ball crossed the body to him.

In 1808, it ordered the 3rd division of the 8th body of the Armée with Spain, from where it passed to the Armée with Portugal in 1809, and rendered important services in these two campaigns. Returned in France in 1811 due to health, it formed or inspected in 1812 various bodies which went in Russia. The May 12th, one entrusted the 2nd division of reserve to him to protect the country since the the Scheldt until the Baltique.

After the Retirement of Russia, it entered the place of Dantzig and belonged to the garrison under the orders of the general Rapp. Conduit prisoner of war to Kiow, it sent this city, the June 4th, its adhesion with the re-establishment of the Bourbon S. Rentré in France the September 5th, it ordered the 18th military division at the time of the return of Napoleon i. It showed initially some hesitation, then ends up accepting the command of the 15th division of infantry of the Armée with the Rhine. The June 17th, a telegram called it with Paris; it left 19, before the beginning of the hostilities, learned on the way the events from the Armée with North and was withdrawn in its hearths.

The king was not long in appointing it governor of the 4th division with Nancy, then of 3rd with Metz. He was called like witness in the lawsuit of the marshal Ney, made a very honest deposition which displeased to the reactionaries of the time and made it put in non-activity, then in 1819, of availability, and later with the retirement.

After the Revolution of 1830, Mr. Heudelet was restored on the executives of the activity, was named general inspector of infantry. He exerted since several military commands until in 1835, which he was classified within the framework of non-activity. Placé within the framework of reserve, August 15th, 1839.

Admitted with the retirement on May 30th, 1848. Deceased on April 20th, 1857 in Paris.

Replaced within the framework of reserve on January 1st, 1853.

Was wire of a clerk to the direction of the general farms.

Knight of Saint-Louis in 1814, Even of France in 1832, the count Heudelet de Bierre was named Grand Cross of the Légion of honor the February 18th 1836.

Source

Georges SIX, Dictionary of the generals and admirals of the Revolution and the 1st Empire (1792-1814), edition of 1934. Sebastien Heudelet, husband of Marie Therese VILLEQUEZ born in Besancon (Doubs) on April 25th, 1785, sister twin of Marc Joseph Charles VILLEQUEZ, the marriage took place with Gy (the High Saone) the 18 brumaire year IX (November 9th, 1800)