Jean-Étienne Championnet

French Army officer (1762–1800)

Jean-Étienne Vachier Championnet (English: SHAM-pee-uh-NAY, French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ etjɛn vaʃje ʃɑ̃pjɔnɛ]; 13 April 1762 – 9 January 1800) was a French Army officer who led a Republican French division in several important battles of the French Revolutionary Wars. He became commander-in-chief of the Army of Rome in 1798 and of the Army of Italy in 1799. He died in early 1800 of typhus.

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