General Adam-Philippe Custine de Sarreck

Custine de Sarreck

Born: February 4, 1742

Place of Birth: Metz, Moselle, France

Died: August 28, 1793

Cause of Death: Executed

Place of Death: Paris, France

Arc de Triomphe: North



Custine served during the American Revolutionary War, and attended the Estates-General as a representative of the nobility of Metz. Appointed to command the Army of the Vosges and later the Army of the North, his lack of notable success caused him to be attacked by the more extreme members of the Revolution. Accused of the trumped up charges of deliberately helping the enemy and refusing to allow republicans to dine with him, he was arrested and executed by guillotine.

Sources:

Haythornthwaite, Philip J. Who Was Who in the Napoleonic Wars. London: Arms & Armour, 1998.

Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Generaux & Amiraux Francais de la Revolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.