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Jean Reynier

French general

Died when: 43 years 44 days (517 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Jean Reynier

Jean Louis Ebénézer Reynier (14 January 1771 – 27 February 1814) was a Swiss-French military officer who served in the French Army under the First Republic and the First Empire.

He rose in rank to become a general during the French Revolutionary Wars, and led a division under Napoleon Bonaparte in the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.

During the Napoleonic Wars he continued to hold important combat commands, eventually leading an army corps during the Peninsular War in 1810–1811 and during the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1812–1813.


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