François Ignace Schaal
François Ignace Schaal | |
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Portrait of François Ignace Schaal | |
| Born | 5 December 1747 |
| Died | 30 August 1833 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France France |
| Branch | Cavalry |
| Service years | 1768–1791 1791–1814 |
| Rank | General of Division |
| Awards | Order of St. Louis |
| Other work | Mayor, Sélestat, 1800–1807 delegate of the Bas-Rhin to the Legislative Assembly 1808–1812 |
François Ignace Schaal, born and baptized on 5 December 1747 in Colmar (Alsace) and died on 30 August 1833 at Sélestat (Bas-Rhin), was a French general and statesman of the French Revolutionary Wars and the First Empire. He was one of six children (four of whom grew to adulthood) of Jean-Baptiste Schaal, a lawyer in Colmar and Anne Barbe Kubler.