Napoleon
By 1795, Bonaparte had become engaged to Desiree Clary, daughter of Francois Clary. Desiree's sister Julie Clary had married Bonaparte's elder brother Joseph. In April 1795, he was assigned to the Army of the West, which was engaged in the War in the Vendee--a civil war and royalist counter-revolution in Vendee, a region in west central France on the Atlantic Ocean. As an infantry command, it was a demotion from artillery general--for which the army already had a full quota--and he pleaded poor health to avoid the posting.
Who did Napoleon become engaged to in 1795?
Desiree Clary
By 1795, Bonaparte had become engaged to Desiree Clary, daughter of Francois Clary.
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