 charles victoire emmanuel leclerc (17 march 1772, pontoise &ndash; 2 november 1802) was a french army general and husband to pauline bonaparte, sister to napoleon bonaparte. ==biography== ===to 1801=== leclerc started his military career in 1791 during the french revolution as one of the army volunteers of seine-et-oise and passed through the ranks of sous-lieutenant in the 12th cavalry, then aide-de-camp to general lapoype. he was made a captain and divisional chief of staff during the siege of toulon, at which he first allied himself to napoleon bonaparte. following the revolutionary success there, he campaigned along the rhine. he began serving under napoleon bonaparte in the alpine and italian campaigns, fighting at castiglione della pescaia and rivoli and rising to gÃ©nÃ©ral de brigade in 1797. he was then charged with announcing to the french directory the signature of the peace preliminaries at leoben. pauline bonaparte was at this time receiving a large number of suitors, thus pressing her brother napoleon bonaparte to have her married off. on leclerc's return, he accepted bonaparte's offer of pauline's hand in marriage and they married in 1797, having one child, dermide, and occupying the chÃ¢teau de montgobert. he became chef d'Ã©tat-major to generals berthier and brune and served in the second unsuccessful french army military expedition to ireland led by jean joseph amable humbert in 1798. on bonaparte's return from the egyptian expedition in 1798, he made leclerc a gÃ©nÃ©ral de division and sent him to the armÃ©e du rhin under moreau. at this rank leclerc was able to participate in the coup d'etat of 18 brumaire (in november 1799) that made his brother-in-law napoleon first consul of france - supported by murat, he ordered the grenadiers to march into the room of the council of five hundred. he was next noted for his participation in the rhine campaign and the battle of hohenlinden, recei
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