Charles Edward Jennings De Kilmaine
Charles Edward Jennings (19 October 1751 – 11 December 1799), commonly known as Brave Kilmaine, was a revolutionary and one of the greatest Irish soldiers to serve France in the eighteenth century. A gallant and celebrated general, philanthropist and baron, he was committed both to the cause of Irish independence and to that of the French Revolution. A devoted friend to Theobald Wolfe Tone and a close confidant of Napoleon I, he has been described as the only officer Bonaparte ever trusted completely.
Kilmaine is remembered and honored for his services in the American War of Independence and more significantly in the French Revolutionary Wars, to which he devoted most of his life. Often Irish historians fail to recognize the importance Kilmaine's contribution also brought to the ignition of an Irish Republic.
Read more about Charles Edward Jennings De Kilmaine: Early Life, Military Career, Imprisonment and Release, Italian Campaign, Commander-in-Chief of The Armée D'Angleterre, Irish Assault, Generalissimo of The Army of Switzerland, Death, Legacy, Descendants
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