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Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely

Auguste Michel Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely (1794-1870), son of Michel Louis Étienne, comte Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angely was an army officer

He was dismissed from the army by the Restoration government, fought for the Greeks in the Greek War of Independence, and rejoined the French army in 1830. In 1848 he was elected deputy and sat on the right. Under the Second Empire he went through the Crimean and Italian campaigns, and was made senator and marshal for bravery at the battle of Magenta.