Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

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Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve was a French naval officer best known for commanding Napoleon’s combined Franco-Spanish fleet during the Trafalgar campaign of 1805.

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Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French naval officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
vice admiral ⓘ
allegiance First French Empire ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
birthDate 1763-12-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France ⓘ
linked to: Valensole Plateau
capturedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
causeOfDeath stab wounds ⓘ
commanded French fleet at the Battle of the Nile (rear division) ⓘ
combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1806-04-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France ⓘ
linked to: Rennes
era Age of Sail ⓘ
familyName de Villeneuve ⓘ
fullName Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Pierre-Charles ⓘ
historicalRegion Provence ⓘ
involvedIn Trafalgar campaign ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
militaryBranch French Navy ⓘ
militaryConflictContext War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
militaryRank vice admiral ⓘ
nobleTitle chevalier ⓘ
notableFor commanding the combined Franco-Spanish fleet during the Trafalgar campaign ⓘ
role in the Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
opponent Horatio Nelson ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
rankPromotedTo vice admiral of the French Navy ⓘ
releasedIn 1806 ⓘ
returnedTo France ⓘ
servedUnder Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Vice-Admiral Brueys d’Aigalliers ⓘ
serviceStart late 18th century ⓘ
strategicObjective support Napoleon’s planned invasion of Britain ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar United Kingdom ⓘ

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Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) → fleetCommander → Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley → servedUnder → Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ
Trafalgar campaign → commander → Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ⓘ