Frédéric Henri Walther
French Army commander
Died when: 52 years 157 days (629 months)Star Sign: Gemini
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Frédéric-Louis-Henri Walther (20 June 1761 – 24 November 1813), was a French general of division and a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte.He fought in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
He enlisted in 1781 and, in his 30-year career, he saw action at the major battles in Europe.He fought in André Masséna's Army of Switzerland, where he participated in the Winterthur and First and Second Battles of Zürich, the campaigns of 1806 against Prussia, and Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
After the Russian and Saxon campaign, while suffering from exhaustion, he contracted typhus and died in Kusel, in the Saarland.
He was buried at the Panthéon, and his name is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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