Claude François de Malet

Claude-François Malet
Born(1754-06-28)28 June 1754
Dole, Jura
Died31 October 1812(1812-10-31) (aged 58)
Grenelle
AllegianceFrance
Service / branchInfantry
Years of service1790–1805

Claude François de Malet (28 June 1754 – 31 October 1812) was born in Dole to an aristocratic family. He was executed by firing squad, six days after staging a failed republican coup d'état as Napoleon I returned from the disastrous Russian campaign in 1812.

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