Jean-Charles Pichegru
French general
Died when: 43 years 49 days (517 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Jean-Charles Pichegru (French pronunciation: ?[??~ ?a?l pi??g?y], 16 February 1761 – 5 April 1804) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.Under his command, French troops overran Belgium and the Netherlands before fighting on the Rhine front.
His royalist positions led to his loss of power and imprisonment in Cayenne, French Guiana during the Coup of 18 Fructidor in 1797.
After escaping into exile in London and joining the staff of Alexander Korsakov, he returned to France and planned the Pichegru Conspiracy to remove Napoleon from power, which led to his arrest and death.
Despite his defection, his surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 3.
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