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2 unusual facts about Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes


Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

On 29 December 1808, he was taken prisoner in the action of Benavente by the British cavalry under Henry Paget (later Lord Uxbridge, and subsequently Marquess of Anglesey).

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

Haxo was part of the Council of War called upon to judge General Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes and voted for his death.


Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre

Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre was born in Tourcoing, and studied at the Catholic University of Lille, and the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome.

He is buried at the Cathedral of Saint-Étienne.

Lefèbvre resigned as Bourges' archbishop on October 10, 1969, and died in that same city at age 81.

Paris Métro Line 12

It is also connected to the Petite Ceinture, a minor disused railway, by tracks which cross Rue Desnouettes.

Pietro Palazzini

On October 14, 1968, Palazzini issued their official views together with Charles Journet, Joseph Frings, Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre, Ermenegildo Florit, Michael Browne, and


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