Marquis de BOUILLÉ, François-Claude-Amour, (Clusel 1739–1800 - Lot 413

Marquis de BOUILLÉ, François-Claude-Amour, (Clusel 1739–1800) General Officer, Commander of the Three Bishoprics, which included those of Alsace and Franche-Comté. His name is enshrined in a verse of *La Marseillaise*. His involvement in the attempted escape of Louis XVI and his family (Varennes) forced him into exile—Metz (Moselle), May 12, 1791. Department of MOSELLE, 1st Division of Mounted Chasseurs, 3rd Regiment formerly known as FLANDERS (Handwritten header) MEMORANDUM, for a retirement pension, regarding the military service of Sieur LAROCHE, Second Lieutenant Colonel, Knight of St. Louis 1786, who served in the campaigns of 1760, 1761, and 1762, and had a horse killed beneath him in the Battle of FILINE on July 16, 1761 — P.S. LAROCHE, with endorsements by A.S. BOUILLÉ and Guillaume des DEUX-PONTS—1 large folio page.