General François-Joseph Kirgener
Born: October 8, 1766
Place of Birth: Paris, Paris, France
Branch: Engineers
Legion of Honor: Commander
Imperial Nobility: Baron
Died: May 22, 1813
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place of Death: Bautzen, Germany
Arc de Triomphe: East
Kirgener was a professor of mathematics before the Revolution, at which point he became an officer of engineers.
In 1809, General Kirgener married a daughter of Senator Guéhéneuc, making him related to the very recently deceased Marshal Lannes, whose second wife was a daughter of the senator. This also made him related to Lannes' aide Guéhéneuc, a son of the senator.
Kirgener was instantly killed at Bautzen when a cannonball ricocheted off a tree and hit him. As he was killed, the cannonball then ricocheted off him and mortally wounded General Duroc.
Sources:
Constant Wairy, Louis. Memoirs of Constant. Trans. Elizabeth G. Martin. New York: The Century Company, 1907.External Links:
Six, Georges. Dictionnaire Biographique des Generaux & Amiraux Francais de la Revolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814). Paris: Gaston Saffroy, 2003.
