page_title: Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire
hierarchical_section_title: Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Monument au général Beaurepaire (1888) sur le pont de Verdun à Angers, par Louis Maximilien Bourgeois (1839-1901).English: Monument to the General Beaurepaire (1888) on the Pont de Verdun in Angers, by Louis Maximilien Bourgeois (1839-1901).
context_page_description: Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire was a French officer.
  Born in Coulommiers, he commanded the defense of Verdun against the invading Allied armies of the First Coalition, shortly before they were stopped at the Battle of Valmy. He chose death by suicide to avoid the dishonor of surrendering Verdun.
  He was buried in the Panthéon, though his body has since disappeared.
context_section_description: Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire (7 January 1740, in Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne – 2 September 1792) was a French officer.
  Born in Coulommiers, he commanded the defense of Verdun against the invading Allied armies of the First Coalition, shortly before they were stopped at the Battle of Valmy.  He chose death by suicide to avoid the dishonor of surrendering Verdun.
  He was buried in the Panthéon, though his body has since disappeared.
caption: Colonel Beaurepaire
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