Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Vice Admiral

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Vice Admiral; Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
	Portrait of Villeneuve
Born	31 December 1763; Valensole, Provence
Died	22 April 1806 (aged 42); Rennes, Brittany
Allegiance	Kingdom of France ; French First Republic ; First French Empire
Branch	French Navy ; French Imperial Navy
Service years	1779–1806
Rank	Vice admiral
Commands	Guillaume Tell; Bucentaure;
Conflicts	American Revolutionary War Battle of Fort Royal; ; French Revolutionary Wars Battle of the Nile; Siege of Malta (1798–1800); ; War of the Third Coalition Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805); Battle of Trafalgar (POW); ;

Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of a Franco-Spanish fleet which was defeated by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.