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COUNT See also: born at Thonon in See also: Savoy on the 24th of See also: September 1764
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He studied See also: medicine, took his degree at See also: Turin, and then went to See also: Paris, where in 1789 he joined the See also: National Guard
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In 1791 he tried without success to raise an emeute in Savoy, in 1992 he organized the " See also: Legion of the Allobroges," and in the following years he served at the siege of See also: Toulon, in the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, and in the Army of See also: Italy
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He was captured at Rivoli, but was soon exchanged
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In the spring of 1798 Dessaix was elected a member of the Council of Five See also: Hundred
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He was one of the few in that See also: body who opposed the coup d'etat of the 18th See also: Brumaire (See also: November 9, 1799)
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In 1803 he was promoted general of brigade, and soon afterwards See also: commander of the Legion of Honour
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He distinguished himself greatly at the See also: battle of See also: Wagram (1809), and was about this See also: time promoted general of division and named See also: grand officer of the Legion of Honour, and in 1810 was made a count
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He took See also: part in the expedition to See also: Russia, and was twice wounded
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For several months he was commandant of Berlin, and afterwards delivered the department of Mont Blanc from the Austrians
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After the first restoration Dessaix held a command under the Bourbons
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He nevertheless joined See also: Napoleon in the Hundred Days, and in 1816 he was imprisoned for five months
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The rest of hisSee also: life was spent in retirement
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He died on the 26th of See also: October 1834
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See Le General Dessaix, sa See also: vie politique et militaire, by his See also: nephew See also: Joseph Dessaix (Paris, 1879)
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