Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie (13 April 1751 – 30 January 1793), also known in the United States as "Colonel Armand," was a Breton cavalry officer who served under the American flag in the American War of Independence. He was promoted to brigadier general after the Battle of Yorktown. He is also known as a founder and early leader of the Breton Association (the Chouannerie) during the French Revolution. La Rouërie is less-remembered than Lafayette and others in writings of French participation in the Revolutionary war.
Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie | |
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portrait by Charles Willson Peale | |
| Nickname(s) | Colonel Armand |
| Born | April 13, 1751 Fougères, Brittany, France |
| Died | January 30, 1793 (aged 41) Near Lamballe |
| Allegiance | France United States Breton Association |
| Service/ | French Royal Army Continental Army French Royalists |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | Pulaski's Legion Armand's Legion Head of the Breton Association |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War
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| Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
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