Blaise Duval
French general of the Revolutionary Wars
Blaise Duval de Hautmaret, or more widely referred to as Blaise Duval, (4 September 1739 – 17 January 1803) was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.
Biography
Son of a merchant, he was born in Abbeville in northern France. He was cornet in the Garde du corps of the King in 1758. He fought in the Seven Years' War in the 11th régiment de chasseurs à cheval (de) called Soubise Volunteers Regiment.
He was promoted to lieutenant on 26 March 1762, captain on 1 July 1766 and lieutenant colonel on 3 March 1774. He was appointed a member of the Order of Saint Louis in 1778.
On 22 September 1786, he was posted as a Lieutenant du Roi in the Montreuil citadel. He was discharged with the headquarters staff of this citadel on 1 August 1791.
Lieutenant-colonel with Ancien Régime, he was posted with the same grade in the 1st Somme battalion on 6 September 1791. He was colonel of the 6th Dragoon Regiment from 23 March 1792.
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