Facts: - death place: close to borodino -lrb- russia -rrb- - caption: general count auguste de caulaincourt - battles: french revolutionary wars , napoleonic wars - death date: 07 september 1812 - relations: son louis de caulaincourt of gabriel-louis de caulaincourt brother of armand augustin - awards: count of the empire - birth date: 16 september 1777 - name: auguste-jean-gabriel de caulaincourt - image: auguste jpg jean gabriel de caulaincourt -lrb- 1777-1812 -rrb- . - birth place: caulaincourt , aisne -lrb- france -rrb- - rank: general of division Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of auguste-jean-gabriel de caulaincourt .
auguste-jean-gabriel , comte de caulaincourt -lrb- b. 16 september 1777 in caulaincourt , aisne - 9 september 1812 at the battle of borodino -rrb- was a french cavalry commander who rose to the rank of general during the first french empire .he was the son of french general and senator gabriel-louis de caulaincourt and younger brother of general and diplomat armand augustin louis de caulaincourt .