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Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
1766Jul, 7

Guillaume Philibert Duhesme

Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme (7 July 1766 in Mercurey (formerly Bourgneuf), Burgundy – 20 June 1815 near Waterloo) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.

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