Jean-Jacques Ambert

Jean-Jacques Ambert
Jean Jacques Ambert
Born	30 September 1765 (1765-09-30) Saint-Céré, France
Died	20 November 1851 (1851-11-21) (aged 86) Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	Infantry
Years of service	1780–1815
Rank	General of Division
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Martinique (1780) Invasion of Tobago (1781) Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) Battle of the Saintes (1782) War of the First Coalition Battle of Kaiserslautern (1793) Battle of Kaiserslautern (1794) Siege of Luxemburg (1794-1795) Battle of Handschuhsheim (1795) Siege of Mannheim (1795) Siege of Kehl (1796)
Awards	Légion d'Honneur, 1814 Order of Saint Louis
Other work	Baron of the Empire, 1813

Jean-Jacques Ambert (30 September 1765 – 20 November 1851) commanded a French division in several engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars. He embarked on a French ship of the line during the American Revolutionary War and saw several actions. At the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, he commanded a battalion and thereafter enjoyed a fast promotion. He led a division in action at Kaiserslautern in 1793, Kaiserslautern in 1794, Luxembourg, Handschusheim, and Mannheim in 1795, and Kehl in 1796. His career later suffered an eclipse because of his association with two French army commanders suspected of treason. He spent much of the Napoleonic Wars commanding a Caribbean island, clearing his name, and filling interior posts. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.