Jean, comte Dembarrère (3 July 1747 – 3 March 1828) was a French general and engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography Born into a noble family in Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Dembarrère entered the École royale du génie de Mézières in 1768.
A military engineer, he was head of engineering for the Army of Italy. He was a later a member of the Sénat conservateur which deposed Napoleon and restored the Bourbons.
He was a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a knight of the Order of Saint Louis. His name is one of the 660 inscribed under the Arc du Triomphe.
Works Coup d'oeil sur les parties diverses de la science militaire (1783) Eloge historique de Vauban (1784) Observations sur un imprimé du lieutenant-général comte de Sainte-Suzanne (1819) Chandelleries à opérer dans le système des places fortes (1819).
See also List of French generals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
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