
François Joseph Paul De Grasse
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 236 years ago |
Date of birth | September 13,1722 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Le Bar-sur-Loup |
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Date of died | January 11,1788 |
Died | Tilly |
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Nationality | French |
Years of service | 1734–1784 |
Place of burial | Eglise Saint Roch, Paris, France |
Battles and wars | War of the Austrian Succession |
Parents | Francois de Grasse Rouville, Marquis de Grasse |
Buri | Saint-Roch, Paris |
Children | Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse |
Grandparents | Jean Pierre Charles de Grasse |
Great grandparent | Honoré de Grasse |
Books | The Operations Of The French Fleet Under The Count De Grasse In 1781-2: As Described In Two Contemporaneous Journals; Volume 4 |
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ID | 610372 |
François Joseph Paul De Grasse Life story
François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly SMOM was a career French officer who achieved the rank of admiral. He is best known for his command of the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 in the last year of the American Revolutionary War.