Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau
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Born	1 July 1725; Vendôme, Orléanais, France
Died	30 May 1807 (aged 81); Thoré, Loir-et-Cher, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France; Kingdom of the French
Branch	French Army
Years of service	1742–1792
Rank	Marshal of France
Battles / wars	War of the Austrian Succession Siege of Maastricht (1748); Seven Years' War Battle of Minorca (1756); Battle of Krefeld; Battle of Corbach; Battle of Kloster Kampen; American Revolutionary War Yorktown campaign Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route; Battle of the Chesapeake; Siege of Yorktown; ; French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition;
Awards	Order of the Holy Spirit; Order of Saint Louis; Society of the Cincinnati
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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French nobleman. He served as a general under Louis XIV, and took part in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). He was present at the siege of Antwerp and Namur. With an army of 6,000 people, he helped George Washington in the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). During the Reign of Terror, he was sentenced, but not executed on the guillotine. He was freed after the fall of Maximilien de Robespierre. Napoleon awarded him a title of the Legion of Honor, in 1803.