Albert Cambriels Explained

Birth Name:Hippolyte-Albert Cambriels
Birth Date:11 August 1816[1]
Birth Place:Lagrasse, Aude, France
Death Place:Alénya, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Allegiance:
July Monarchy

Branch:French Army
Serviceyears:1834–1881
Rank:Général de Division
Commands:84th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
10th Corps
13th Corps

Général Hippolyte-Albert Cambriels (11 August 1816 – 21 December 1891) was a French military commander.[2]

Born in Lagrasse, Aude, he was the son of Brigadier General Pierre Cambriels (1767–1845). He was educated at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was seriously injured at the Battle of Sedan in 1870.[2]

He was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1850, followed by upgrades to Officier (1856), Commandeur (1859), Grand Officier (1872), and finally Grand-Croix (1880).[1]

He died at the Château de Boaça in Pyrénées-Orientales in 1891 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Légion d'honneur Dossier: Cambriels Albert – LH/413/58 . Archives Nationales de France.
  2. Web site: CAMBRIELS Hippolyte Albert (1816–1881) . Association des Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise . 30 December 2019.
  3. Book: Moiroux . Jules . Le Cimetière du Père Lachaise . 30 December 2019 . EN.