Albert Cambriels

Albert Cambriels
General Cambriels
Born
Hippolyte-Albert Cambriels

(1816-08-11)11 August 1816[1]
Lagrasse, Aude, France
Died21 December 1891(1891-12-21) (aged 75)
Alénya, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
AllegianceBourbon Restoration
July Monarchy
French Second Republic
Second French Empire
Branch
French Army
Service years
1834–1881
Rank
Général de Division
Commands84th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
10th Corps
13th Corps
Conflicts
Franco-Austrian War
Franco-Prussian War
AwardsGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Général Hippolyte-Albert Cambriels (11 August 1816 – 21 December 1891) was a French military commander.[2]

Born in Lagrasse, Aude, he was the son of Brigadier General Pierre Cambriels. He was educated at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was seriously injured at the Battle of Sedan in 1870.[2]

He was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1850, followed by upgrades to Officier (1856), Commandeur (1859), Grand Officier (1872), and finally Grand-Croix (1880).[1]

He died at the Château de Boaça in Pyrénées-Orientales in 1891 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Légion d'honneur Dossier: Cambriels Albert – LH/413/58". Archives Nationales de France.
  2. 1 2 "CAMBRIELS Hippolyte Albert (1816–1881)". Association des Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Moiroux, Jules. Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise. Retrieved 30 December 2019.