Louis Alexander Andrault Langeron
(1763-1831) Russian general and corps commander. He was born Louis Alexander Andrault, chevalier comte de Langéron (to mention but one of many other aristocratic titles) and enlisted at the age of fifteen as a sous-lieutenant in the French Guards (Gardes Français). He later served at Caracas and St. Domingue in 1782-1783. In 1786 he was […]
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