Frédéric Henri Walther
Frederic-Louis-Henri Walther | |
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Walther hands a message to a grenadier, in a portrait by Robert Lefèvre (1815) | |
| Born | 20 June 1761 Obenheim, Alsace, Bas Rhin |
| Died | 24 November 1813 (aged 52) Kusel, Sarre, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service | French Army |
| Years of service | 1781–1813 |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Grand Eagle, Legion of Honor Order of the Iron Crown Count of the Empire Eastern Pillar, Column 16, Arc de Triomphe |
Frédéric-Louis-Henri Walther (20 June 1761 – 24 November 1813), was a French general of division and a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. He fought in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
He enlisted in 1781 and, in his 30-year career, he saw action at the major battles in Europe. He fought in André Masséna's Army of Switzerland, where he participated in the Winterthur and First and Second Battles of Zürich, the campaigns of 1806 against Prussia, and Napoleon's invasion of Russia. After the Russian and Saxon campaign, while suffering from exhaustion, he contracted typhus and died in Kusel, in the Saarland. He was buried at the Panthéon, and his name is listed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.