Philippe Higonet

Philippe Higonet is a Militaire French born with Saint-Obstruct-with Olt in 1782 and deceased in 1859.

Biography

It engaged in the 4 {{E}} Régiment of Infantry of Line in 1804.

It went up quickly in rank: Corporal, Sergeant, Second lieutenant then Executive officer in 1805 with the 108 {{E}} Regiment of Infantry of Line. It belonged to the body of Davout.

It was Capitaine at the time of the Bataille of Iéna. It is wounded at the time of the Bataille of Eylau and Bataille of Eckmühl.

He was captain of the Grenadiers to foot of the Imperial Guard at the time of the Campagne of Russia. He returns with a cold foot and the rank of major as a second.

He was major at the time of the seat of Hamburg.

He was made Colonel by Davout in 1814.

He is wounded at the time of the Bataille of Ligny and Bataille of Waterloo.

He joins with Louis XVIII which does it baron in 1820.

He takes share with the forwarding of Spain in 1823. He is promoted brigadier He took part in the Expédition of Morée in 1828 where it ordered the second brigade.

He was elected appointed (favorable to Charles X) in 1827. After the revolution of 1830, it chooses the exile of the interior.

It supports the candidature of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at the time of presidential of 1848, but refused to lend oath to him after the coup d'etat of the December 2nd 1851.

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