Henri de la Rochejaquelein

Henri du Vergier, comte de la Rochejaquelein (30 August 1772 – 28 January 1794), was the youngest

general of the Royalist Vendéan insurrection during the French Revolution.

Early activities
Born in the Château de la Durbellière, Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné, near Châtillon, La Rochejaquelein joined the Royal Polish Regiment, of which his father was colonel, in 1787. In February 1789 he became a member of the Flanders regiment of chasseurs. In March 1792 he became a member of the Constitutional Guard, charged with protecting the king. He fought for the first time defending the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August attack of 1792, as an officer of the Constitutional Guard of King Louis XVI.