Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau | |
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Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, 1782 | |
| Born | 1 July 1725 Vendôme, Orléanais, France |
| Died | 30 May 1807 (aged 81) Thoré, Loir-et-Cher, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service | French Royal Army |
| Years of service | 1742–1792 |
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| Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Louis Society of the Cincinnati |
| Relations | Father of Napoleonic French General Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau |
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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the Franco-American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the Expédition Particulière, the French expeditionary force sent to North America during the conflict.