Bertrand, Henri-Gratien, Comte
- Bertrand, Henri-Gratien, Comte
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▪ French engineer
born March 28, 1773, Châteauroux, Fr.
died Jan. 31, 1844, Châteauroux
French military engineer and general, friend of
Napoleon I and his companion in exile, first at Elba (1814–15), then at St. Helena (1815–21). His diary is considered invaluable for its frank account of Napoleon's character and life in exile. It was decoded, annotated, and published by P. Fleuriot de Langle as
Cahiers de Sainte-Hélène, 1816–21, 3 vol. (1949–59, “Notebooks from St. Helena”).
Bertrand entered the army at age 19 as an engineer. After service in Italy (1797), where he first met Napoleon, he was sent to Egypt (1798–99) and directed the fortification of Alexandria. He was appointed brigadier general in 1800. Named aide-de-camp to Napoleon in 1804, he further distinguished himself during the Austrian campaign. The bridges he built for the French crossing of the Danube at Wagram in 1809 were described by Napoleon as the finest since the Romans. Bertrand was created a count in 1808. Appointed grand marshal of the palace in 1813, he later accompanied Napoleon into exile.
After Napoleon's death in 1821, Bertrand returned to France, where a death sentence that had been passed on him in absentia (1817) was annulled. In 1840, with the Prince de Joinville, he escorted Napoleon's body from St. Helena to France for its final burial.
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