Jean François Carteaux

Jean Baptiste François Carteaux
Born(1751-01-31)31 January 1751
Died12 April 1813(1813-04-12) (aged 62)
AllegianceFirst French Republic
BranchFrench Revolutionary Army
Service yearsc. 1793
RankGénéral
ConflictsSiege of Toulon (1793)
War in the Vendée

Jean Baptiste François Carteaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist fʁɑ̃swa kaʁto]; 31 January 1751 – 12 April 1813) was a French painter who became a General in the French Revolutionary Army. He is notable chiefly for being the young Napoleon Bonaparte's commander at the siege of Toulon in 1793.

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