General François-Joseph Kirgener
Born: October 8, 1766
Died: May 22, 1813
Place of Birth: Paris, Paris
Cause of Death: Killed in action
| Battle | Unit | Rank |
| Montebello | Chef de bataillon | Advance Guard (Lannes) |
| Marengo | Chef de bataillon | Corps Lannes |
| Ulm | Colonel | V Corps (Lannes) - Engineers |
| Austerlitz | Colonel | V Corps (Lannes) - Engineers |
| Jena | Général de brigade | La Grande Armée - Engineers |
| Golymin | Général de brigade | La Grande Armée - Engineers |
| Eylau | Général de brigade | La Grande Armée - Engineers |
| Danzig | Général de brigade | Second-in-Command of Engineers |
| Wagram | Général de brigade | Imperial Guard - Engineers |
| Bautzen | Général de division | La Grande Armée - Engineers |
Kirgener was a professor of mathematics before the Revolution, at which point he became an officer of engineers.
In 1809, General Kirgener married a daughter of Senator Guéhéneuc, making him related to the very recently deceased Marshal Lannes, whose second wife was a daughter of the senator. This also made him related to Lannes' aide Guéhéneuc, a son of the senator.
Kirgener was instantly killed at Bautzen when a cannonball ricocheted off a tree and hit him. As he was killed, the cannonball then ricocheted off him and mortally wounded General Duroc.
Sources: Constant (Memoirs), Six (Dictionnaire Biographique)
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