{{Infobox military person | name = Jacques-Pierre-Louis-Marie-Joseph Puthod | image = Jacques Pierre Louis Marie Joseph Puthod.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1769|09|28|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1837|03|31|1769|09|28|df=y}} | burial_label = | birth_place = [[Bâgé-le-Châtel]], [[France]] | death_place = [[Libourne]], France | burial_place = | nickname = | allegiance = [[File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg|border|22px]] [[Kingdom of France]],<br>[[File:Flag of France (1790–1794).svg|border|22px]] [[Kingdom of France (1791-1792)]],<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[French First Republic]],<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[First French Empire]],<br>[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg|22px|border]] [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]] | branch = Infantry | service_years = 1785-1815 | rank = [[General of Division]] | unit = | commands = | battles = [[French Revolutionary Wars]]<br>[[Napoleonic Wars]] | awards = [[Nobility of the First French Empire#Barons|Baron of the Empire]],<br>[[Viscount]] | relations = | other_work = }}
'''Jacques-Pierre-Louis-Marie-Joseph, vicomte Puthod''', [[Viscount]] ({{IPA|fr|ʒak pjɛʁ lwi maʁi ʒozɛf pyto}}; 28 September 1769 in [[Bâgé-le-Châtel]] – 31 March 1837 in [[Libourne]]) was a French soldier of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]] who rose to the rank of General and who subsequently took part to the [[Napoleonic Wars]], rising to the top military rank of General of Division.
== Revolutionary Wars == Puthod enlisted as a volunteer in the ''Couronne-Infanterie'' regiment in 1785, during the [[Ancien Régime in France|Ancien Régime]], rising to rank of [[Sub-Lieutenant]] in the ''Gendarmes-Dauphin'' company two years later. He then fought in the defense of [[Lille]] in 1792, before being sent to serve in the [[Army of the Rhine (France)|"Army of the Rhine"]]. While serving in the [[Army of Italy (France)|"Army of Italy"]], he knew sudden advancement when General [[Jacques MacDonald]] named him [[Brigadier General]] on 17 July 1799. Puthod later distinguished himself at the passage of the [[Danube]] and at the [[Battle of Höchstädt (1800)|Battle of Höchstädt]].<ref name=Tul>Fierro, Palluel-Guillard, Tulard, 1038.</ref>
== Napoleonic Wars and beyond == It took seven years before Puthod was given his next significant command, which came in 1807, when he was named at the helm of a [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]] brigade. In 1808, with the outbreak of the [[Peninsular War]], Puthod was sent to Spain, where he led his troops very well at the [[battle of Espinosa]], becoming a [[General of Division]] before the end of that year. Called to serve in the [[War of the Fifth Coalition]] against [[Austrian Empire|Austria]], Puthod was noted for his behaviour at the [[battle of Wagram]] and was subsequently assigned to the command of military divisions throughout France. A [[Nobility of the First French Empire#Barons|Baron of the Empire]] in 1810, he was recalled to active service in 1813 for the [[War of the Sixth Coalition]], serving with distinction at battles such as [[battle of Möckern|Möckern]], [[Battle of Bautzen (1813)|Bautzen]] or [[battle of Katzbach|Katzbach]], after which he was taken [[prisoner of war|prisoner]] on 29 August. Following [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)|Napoleon's abdication]], Puthod enjoyed the favours of the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Bourbon Restoration]], with [[Louis XVIII]] creating him a [[Viscount]] of France.<ref name=Tul/>
The name PUTHOD is one of the [[names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe]] in [[Paris]].<ref name=Tul/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Sources == * Fierro, Alfredo; Palluel-Guillard, André; Tulard, Jean - "Histoire et Dictionnaire du Consulat et de l'Empire”, Éditions Robert Laffont, {{ISBN|2-221-05858-5}}
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