François Xavier de Schwarz
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François Xavier de Schwarz (January 8, 1762 - 1826) was a Bavarian-born officer in the French light cavalry during the Revolutionary era and brigadier general in the Imperial Grande Armée.
Born in Hernwiess, Grand Duchy of Baden, the son of a baron of the Holy Roman Empire, Schwarz entered French service in 1776. He served as an officer of the 2nd regiment of hussars in the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions, participating in every major campaign. In 1799 he landed in Ireland with a contingent of troops and was captured on October 12.
Under the Empire, Schwarz was made an Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1804 and Commander in 1805 for his role in the Battle of Austerlitz. In 1807, commanding a brigade in Spain, Schwarz was sorely checked at the Battles of the Bruch, losing an Imperial Eagle to the Spanish partisans. In 1810 he fell into the hands of the British Army and was held in captivity until the end of the war.
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- SIX (Georges), Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux de la Révolution et de l'Empire (1792-1814), Paris, Librairie Saffroy, 1934, 2 vols.
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