General Jean François Xavier de Ménard Grand Officer Légion
The name Jean François Xavier de Ménard is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Pere Lachaise (Pt3) cemetery, Paris, Paris, France.
There are 71 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard was buried in 1831. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard age is given as 75.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard calculated year of birth is 1756.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard is listed on the GPR grave numbered 329652.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Jean François Xavier de Ménard has the record number 702454 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 18 August 2013
There is one image available for the monument listing Jean François Xavier de Ménard (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Jean François Xavier de Ménard record:
Ménard first served in a local regiment in the south of France from 1775-1777. He then served in the Durch army in 1782. In 1790 he was elected as administrator of his home region; and a member of the French Parliament; and in 1792 he was appointed captain of the 78th infantry regiment. He served initially in northern and western France; and as commander of the Paris Arsenal; then in Italy; and was appointed Prefect of the Manche département in 1801. The following year he served in Guadeloupe; and then returned to France; before serving under Lefebvre on the German and Polish fronts. He continued to serve in Germany until 1809; when he transferred to the Iberian campaign and was wounded. In 1813 he returned to Germany; and fought at the battle of Leipzig. He rallied to Napoléon during 'the Hundred Days' but was promoted to the honorary rank of lieutenant-general by Louis XVIII.