serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance birth_date rank article_title name
kingdom 1797 of france 1770 -- 1773 france 1792 -- council of five hundred cavalry aix-les-bains , mont-blanc , france 26 april 1799 18 march 1753 chambéry , savoy kingdom of france kingdom of france france france 16 march 1753 general of division françois amédée doppet
 françois amédée doppet
françois amédée doppet

françois amédée doppet -lrb- 16 march 1753 -- 26 april 1799 -rrb- was a savoyard who briefly commanded three french armies during the french revolutionary wars without distinction .
during the 1770s he enlisted in the french cavalry .
quitting the army after three years , he became a physician after studying medicine at turin .
later moving to paris , he became a writer of poems , romances and medical works while also dabbling in aphrodisiacs and mesmerism .
doppet threw himself wholeheartedly into the french revolution , was elected to the legislative assembly and became a jacobin .
appointed commander of a volunteer battalion , he took part in the french invasion of savoy in 1792 .
rapidly promoted to general officer in 1793 , the government appointed him to command the `` army of the alps '' in the siege of lyon , the army engaged in the siege of toulon and the `` army of the eastern pyrenees '' .
in no case did his time in command last long .
during the last appointment he became ill and was replaced , though he was later employed as a division commander .
the government used him because he was politically safe but it finally became clear that his military talent was almost non-existent .
in 1797 he was elected to the council of five hundred and he died two years later .
