Charles Rigault de Genouilly

This article is about the admiral. For the ship named after him, see French aviso Rigault de Genouilly.
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
Born1807 (1807)
Rochefort, France
Died1873 (aged 65–66)
Barcelona, Spain
AllegianceSecond French Empire
BranchFrench Navy
RankAdmiral of France
ConflictsBombardment of Tourane (1847)
Crimean War
Second Opium War
Cochinchina campaign

Admiral of France Pierre-Louis-Charles Rigault de Genouilly (12 April 1807 – 4 May 1873) was a French Navy officer. He fought with distinction in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, but is chiefly remembered today for his command of French and Spanish forces during the opening phase of the Cochinchina campaign (1858–62), which inaugurated the French conquest of Vietnam.

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