Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie
Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie | |
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1783 portrait | |
| Nickname(s) | Colonel Armand |
| Born | April 13, 1751 Fougères, Brittany, France |
| Died | January 30, 1793 (aged 41) Near Lamballe |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of France United States Chouans |
| Service | French Royal Army Continental Army |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands | Pulaski's Legion Armand's Legion Head of the Breton Association |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
| Relations | Marie Eugène Charles Tuffin de La Rouërie (cousin) |
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie (13 April 1751 – 30 January 1793) was a French army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. He was promoted to brigadier general after the siege of Yorktown and led Chouan rebels during the Chouannerie. La Rouërie is less-remembered than Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette and other Frenchmen in writings on France in the American Revolutionary War.