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]