Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny

French Navy officer

Born1 December 1727

Died13 May 1808

Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny
Born	1 December 1727
Died	13 May 1808
Service / branch	French Navy
Rank	Chef d'Escadre
Battles / wars	American Revolutionary War
Relations	Léopold Le Bègue de Germiny

Jean Antoine Le Bègue de Germiny (1 December 1727 — 13 May 1808)^[1]^[2]^[3] was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.

Le Bègue was born to Léopold Le Bègue de Germiny, a State council to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine.^[2] He later married Marie Josèphe de Parceveaux, daughter of Captain Parceveaux.^[4] He joined the French Navy as a Garde-Marine on 1 April 1748. ^[2]^[3]

Le Bègue was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 January 1761. ^[2]^[3] Le Bègue was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.^[2]^[3] In 1779, he proposed plans to raid British factories on the coast of Senegal.^[5]

He was given command of the 74-gun Magnanime, which he captained during the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781. ^[2] He took part in the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782,^[6]^[7] where he was wounded.^[2]

Le Bègue was promoted to Brigadier in 1782, ^[2] and to Chef d'Escadre in 1786.^[2]

Le Bègue was a member of the Académie de Marine, and a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis.^[2]

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Citations

↑ Anonymous (1866), p. 246.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Contenson (1934), p. 211.
1 2 3 4 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 650.
↑ Contenson (1934), p. 650.
↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 194.
↑ Troude (1867), p. 140.
↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.

Bibliography

Anonymous (1866). Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe. Paris: Bureau de la publication. p. 246.
Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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