Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard
Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 17 May 1791 – 18 September 1791 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu |
| Succeeded by | Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1733 Saint-Malo |
| Died | 9 February 1815 (aged 81) Paris |
| Resting place | Panthéon, Paris |
| Relations | Father to Antoine-René Thévenard |
| Awards | Count of the Empire Grand officer of the Legion of Honour |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Louis XVI French First Republic First French Empire |
| Branch/service | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1745–1816 |
| Rank | Vice-amiral |
Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʒɑ̃ maʁi tevnaʁ]; 7 December 1733 in Saint-Malo – 9 February 1815 in Paris) was a French politician and vice admiral. He served in the French ruling regimes of Louis XVI, those of the Revolution, Napoleon I and Louis XVIII, and is buried at the Panthéon de Paris. His son Antoine-René Thévenard, capitaine de vaisseau, was killed at the Battle of the Nile whilst commanding the 74-gun Aquilon.