Jean Auguste Margueritte
Jean Auguste Margueritte | |
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| Born | 15 January 1823 Manheulles, France |
| Died | 6 September 1870 (aged 47) Beauraing, Belgium |
| Allegiance | Second French Empire |
| Years of service | 1837–1870 |
| Rank | Général de division |
| Commands | 1st Chasseurs d'Afrique Regiment |
| Battles / wars | French intervention in Mexico Franco-Prussian War |
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Jean Auguste Margueritte (15 January 1823 – 6 September 1870), French General, father of Victor Margueritte and Paul Margueritte.
After a career in Algeria, General Margueritte was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan, in which the Emperor was defeated and captured. He died in Belgium. An account of his life was published by his son, Paul Margueritte as Mon père (1884; enlarged ed., 1897).
The sand cat is named in his honour, being given the binomial name Felis margarita.