Marshal: Marquis Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr
The name Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Pere Lachaise (Pt3) cemetery, Paris, Paris, France.
There are 71 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr was buried in 1830. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr age is given as 66.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr calculated year of birth is 1764.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr is listed on the GPR grave numbered 329650.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr has the record number 702452 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 18 August 2013
There is one image available for the monument listing Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Laurent Gouvion de St Cyr record:
Commissioned in 1789; he rose with extraordinary speed to the rank of brigadier-general then divisional general in 1794. In 1796 he captured Stuttgart. He was principally deployed in Germany; until Napoléon appinted him commander of the French armies for the Iberian Campaign in 1801; where he served with distinction until 1809. In 1812 he served in Russia; and was raised to the rank of Marshal. The following year he was captured at Dresden; and held prisoner until 1814. He remained loyal to the restored Bourbon kings in 1815; and was minister of war and then the navy and the colonies from 1817-1819. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.