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Besenval, Pierre-Victor, baron de, 1721-1791

LC control no.n 88642224
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Personal name headingBesenval, Pierre-Victor, baron de, 1721-1791
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Variant(s)Besenval, baron de, 1721-1791
De Besenval, Pierre-Victor, baron, 1721-1791
Besenval, Pierre-Victor, baron de, 1722-1791
Bezenval, Pierre-Victor, baron de, 1721-1791
Besenval, Pierre Joseph Victor de, 1721-1794
Besenval de Brünstatt, Pierre-Victor, 1721-1764
De Brünstatt, Pierre-Victor Besenval, 1721-1764
Brünstatt, Pierre-Victor Besenval de, 1721-1764
Associated countryswitzerland France
LocatedParis (France)
Birth date17211014
1722
Death date17910627
Place of birthSolothurn (Switzerland)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityArmies--Officers
Profession or occupationSoldiers
Found innuc88-70326: His Mémoires du Baron de Besenval ... 1987: (hdg. on CSt rept.: Besenval, Pierre Victor, baron de, 1721-1791) book t.p. (Baron de Besenval) p. 4 of cover (b. 1721, d. 1791; military commandant of Paris at the time of the storming of the Bastille)
Bib. nat. (Besenval, Pierre-Victor, Bon de; usage: Baron de Besenval, Bon de Besenval)
BNF online, viewed 21 April 2015 (access point: Besenval, Pierre (1721-1794), refs.: Besenval, Baron de (1721-1794), Besenval, Pierre-Victor de (1721-1794, Bezenval, Baron de (1721-1794), Besenval, Pierre Joseph Victor de (1721-1794). He was a Lieutenant-général and storyteller, and inspector general of the Armées du Roi. He was in charge of the troops in Paris at the time of the storming of the Bastille, but fled after the 14 July uprising. Born 14 October 1721, Soleure, Switzerland; died 27 June 1794, Paris, France)
Catalogue d'histoire de la Révolution française (access point: Besenval, Pierre-Victor, Baron de; born 1722)
Wikipedia, viewed 21 April 2014 (Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt (1722-1794) was the last commander of the Swiss Guards in France, born in Solothurn)
Associated languagefre