Louis-Toussaint Champion de Cicé
Louis-Toussaint Champion de Cicé (Rennes, 5 August 1732—Paris, 28 January 1792) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence, earning membership in the Society of the Cincinnati. Biography. Champion de Cicé was born to an aristocratic family. He was brother to , Bishop of Troyes and later Bishop of Auxerre, and to , who served as Minister of Justice and drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Champion de Cicé joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 12 January 1746. He was promoted to  Lieutenant on 17 April 1757, and to Captain on 24 March 1772. He married Jeanne-Geneviève-Henriette de Fusée de Voisenon in 1767. In 1778, he served as first officer on the 74-gun "Zodiaque", part of the First Division of the White squadron in the fleet under Orvilliers. In 1780, he was given command of the 64-gun "Solitaire" in the squadron under Guichen. He took part in the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 avril 1781, and served under De Grasse, taking part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the subsequent Siege  of Yorktown. Champion de Cicé was promoted to Brigadier in 1782, and to Chef d'Escadre on 20 August 1784. Sources and references. Notes Citations References External links