Catholic and Royal Armies
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The Catholic and Royal Armies is the name given to the royalist armies in western France composed of insurgents during the War in the Vendée and the Chouannerie, who opposed the French Revolution, and
Chouan emblem
Portrait of Henri de la Rochejaquelein by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1816
Jacques Cathelineau
Charles de Bonchamps
Henri de la Rochejaquelein
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Henri du Vergier, comte de la Rochejaquelein was the youngest general of the Royalist Vendéan insurrection during the French Revolution. At the age of 21, he served as commander-in-chief of the Cathol
Catholic and Royal Armies
…distinguish themselves from the troops. The generals and officers of the counsel took white scarves worn at the belt with knots of different colors. La Rochejaquelein and Donnissan wore a black knot, Stofflet a red one, and Marigny a blue one. Officers of a lower rank started wearing a white scarf attached to their…
Henri de La Rochejacquelein at the Battle of Cholet in 1793, by Paul-Émile Boutigny,
The Death of Henri de La Rochejaquelein, painting by Alexandre Bloch