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André Bruno de Frévol de Lacoste

French general

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ2847397 ↗
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André Bruno de Frévol de Lacoste (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe bʁyno də fʁevɔl də lakɔst]; 14 June 1775 in Pradelles – 2 February 1809 in Saragosse) was a French general of the First Empire. He was killed during the siege of Zaragoza.

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Lacoste's name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe, 38th column.

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This entry incorporates text from “André Bruno de Frévol de Lacoste” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.