Alexandre-Louis-Robert Girardin d'Ermenonville

Alexandre-Louis-Robert Girardin d'Ermenonville
Alexandre-Louis-Robert Girardin d'Ermenonville
	General Alexandre de Girardin
Born	13 February 1776; Paris, France
Died	5 August 1855; Paris, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France (until 1792); French First Republic (1792–1804); First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815); Kingdom of France (Bourbon Restoration) (1814–1815, 1815–1830); Kingdom of France (July Monarchy) (1830–1848); French Second Republic (1848–1852); Second French Empire (1852–1855)
Branch	French Navy; French Army (Cavalry);
Rank	Général de division
Unit	3rd Hussars; 18th Dragoons; 23rd Chasseurs à Cheval; 8th Dragoons
Commands	Colonel of the 8th Dragoons
Conflicts	Saint-Domingue; Austerlitz; Friedland; Sahagun; Danube campaign (1809); Russian campaign; Ostrowno; Champaubert; Campaign in Belgium (Hundred Days);
Awards	Count of the Empire; Knight of Saint Louis; Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor; Name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe (East pillar);
Relations	René de Girardin (father); Fidèle-Henriette-Joséphine de Vintimille (wife); Émile de Girardin (son)

Alexandre-Louis-Robert Girardin d'Ermenonville (13 February 1776 – 5 August 1855) was a French General of Cavalry (général de cavalerie) who served as an aide-de-camp to Marshal Berthier and became a notable cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. In addition to his military career, he was a central organizer of the imperial and royal hunts, serving as Lieutenant de la venerie to Napoleon before continuing this role under the Grand Veneur de France to King Louis XVIII and King Charles X after the Bourbon Restoration.