Joseph Vincent Pierre Marie Denis de Keredern de Trobriand (1773)

Born 23 Jan 1773 in Lézardrieux, Bretagne, France

Ancestors

Husband of Jeanne-Rose Hachin — married 10 May 1815 in Tours, France

Biography

Born in Lézardrieux (Côtes du Nord) on January 23, 1773, the second son of François Marie 1st Denis of Keredern of Trobriand and Anna Maria Teresa of Massa y Leunda y Aristiguieta escaped from the Louis-le-Grand college January 1792 and emigrated, joining the army of the Princes in Koblenz. In the month of March, 1792, he was appointed to the Guards of the Saint Louis Institution of the King's House.

At the Revolution, faithful to the King, he emigrated and entered the army of the Princes in Austria as a cadet and was appointed second lieutenant on 9 December 1798, he joined the Tuscany Infantry Regiment of the Grand Duke (1 November 1801) and was employed there until 15 April 1803, when he enjoyed a retirement pension. Lieutenant ad honorem on 25 May, he was removed from the roll of Pension in Austria on 1 October 1805.

Admitted in 1806 as captain in the Tour d'Auvergne regiment, he took part in all the Napoleonic campaigns he completed as Colonel and Baron of the Empire. Baron hereditary by letters patent of March 10, 1815, officer of the Legion of Honor.

Recalled by his family, he returned to France and from the time of the Revolution had no personal resources, so he solicited employment from the Empire. He was admitted as captain to the foreign regiment of the Tour d'Auvergne on April 19, 1806, he served with the army of Naples from 1806 to 1809, then becomes aide-de-camp to General Jean-Mathieu Séras (January 30, 1810) in Spain. He took part in the Russian campaign as deputy to the General Staff of the Grande Armée (11 July 1812). Appointed Adjutant-Commandant on 11 October of that year, he then assumed the duties of Chief of Staff of General Mouton, Earl of Lobau, then Assistant General Major of the Infantry.

Authorized to return to France on January 16, 1813, he was then Chief of Staff of the 1st Division of the 2nd Observation Corps of the Rhine (March 1 , 1813), named Baron of the Empire on June 14, 1813. He then resumed his position as Chief of Staff to General Mouton who had become General Staff of the Imperial Guard (13 August 1813), then commander of the 1st Corps, which had just been defeated at Kulm under the command of Vandamme (September 3, 1813). He was taken prisoner in Dresden on 11 November 1813 and released in 1814 and placed in a non-active position until 3 November 1814, the day of his appointment as Chief of Staff of the 22nd Military Division in Tours.

He continued his service during the Hundred Days (March 21-June 23, 1815) and was granted his duties by the interim command of the department of Indre-et-Loire.

At the same time, he married Jeanne-Rose Hachin de Courbeville, daughter of Pierre Jacques Hachin de Courbeville, Advisor to the Superior Council of Port-au-Prince (Santo Domingo) on May 10, 1815, in Tours. Jeanne-Rose died on June 12, 1831, in Tours, after having three children:

1. Etienne Anatole, Chevalier de Trobriand,
2. Philippe-Régis, Baron de Trobriand and
3. Charlotte Rose, who was married in 1849 to a lieutenant colonel of Austrian hussars.

As early as July 1, 1815, Joseph Vincent took a stand to restore the white cockade, which made him run into real dangers during the insurrection that followed in the city.

He was appointed colonel and he commanded the military subdivision of the Seine-Inférieure on July 23, 1826.

He was confirmed hereditary baron by royal letters patent of March 10, 1815.

Member of the Legion of Honor since May 17, 1813, he had been appointed officer of this order on August 20, 1824, knight of St. Louis since July 8, 1814 and decorated for the services rendered, of the Medal of Maria Theresa of Austria. He had been wounded three times in the service of Austria and once in Russia in the service of France.

Biographie

Joseph Vincent Pierre Marie, fils de François Marie Denis de Keredern, chevalier de Trobriand, de la paroisse de Plouigneau, et de Maria Anna de Massa y Leunda son épouse, originaire de la paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste du lien noble du passage, juridiction de Fontarabie (province de Guipuzcoa, évêché de Pampelune) est né le 23 janvier 1773 et a été baptisé le même jour à Lézardrieux^[1].

En 1815, il est adjudant commandant chef de l'état major de la 22ème division militaire, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, décoré de plusieurs ordres étrangers, demeurant 1 rue Friedland à Tours^[2].

Il épouse Jeanne Rose Hachin le 10 mai 1815 à Tours^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Acte de baptême: BM 1773 Lézardrieux, Archives des Côtes-d'Armor Lézardrieux 1767-1792 vue 98, consulté le 7 juin 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Acte de mariage: Acte 147, 10 mai 1815, Mariages Tours janvier-septembre 1815 vues 122-123, Archives de Tours cote 6NUM8/261/079 https://archives.touraine.fr/ark:/37621/f5j6bl7r9kqx/72f35913-1d3f-41a0-a691-258be3b2b586 consulté le 7 juin 2020

• The Life and Mémoirs of Comte Régis de Trobriand: Major-general in the Army of the United States, Marie Caroline Post, Régis de Trobriand, January 1, 1910 E. P. Dutton & Company