Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Coont o Rochambeau

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Coont o Rochambeau (1 Julie 1725 – 10 Mey 1807) wis a French nobleman an general who played a major role in helping the Thirteen Colonies win independence during the American Revolution. During this time, he served as commander-in-chief o the French Expeditionary Force that embarked frae Fraunce in order to help the American Continental Airmy fight against Breetish forces. He wis creatit a Marshal o Fraunce in 1791 bi Louis XVI an cried the Maréchal de Rochambeau.

Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
Coont o Rochambeau
1834 portrait bi Charles Philippe Larivière.
Full name
Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur
Born1 Julie 1725
Vendôme, Orléanais, Fraunce
Dee'd10 Mey 1807 (aged 81)
Thoré, Loir-et-Cher, Fraunce
Spoose(s)Jeanne Thérèse Tellez d'Acosta
Issue
FaitherJoseph Charles de Vimeur
MitherMarie Claire Thérèse Bégon

Mairiage eedit

On 22 December 1749 he mairit Jeanne Thérèse Tellez d'Acosta. They haed ane son.

Issue eedit

  1. Donatien de Vimeur, Viscoont o Rochambeau haed issue with Françoise de Harville.