Maurice d'Elbée

Maurice d'Elbée
Maurice d'Elbée
	Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, 1827
Nickname	General Providence
Born	21 March 1752; Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
Died	6 January 1794 (aged 41); Noirmoutier, French First Republic
Allegiance	Kingdom of France; Royalist rebels
Branch	French Royal Army
Service years	1777–1783; 1793–1794
Rank	Major General (France); Generalissimo (Vendée)
Conflicts	War in the Vendée First Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte; Battle of Saumur; Battle of Nantes; Battle of Luçon; Battle of Tiffauges; Battle of La Tremblaye; Battle of Cholet; Battle of Noirmoutier †; ;

Maurice-Joseph-Louis Gigost d'Elbée (French: [mɔʁis ʒozɛf lwi ʒiɡo dɛlbe, moʁ-]; 21 March 1752 – 6 January 1794) was a French Royalist military leader. Initially enthusiastic about the Revolution, he became disenchanted with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and retired to his estates in Beaupreau. He was the second commander in chief of the Catholic and Royal Army formed by Royalist forces of the Vendean insurrection against the Republic.