Étienne Radet

Étienne, baron Radet (1762, Stenay, Meuse - 1825, Varennes) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He is notable as the leader of the troops Napoleon sent to kidnap pope Pius VII.

Life

He was imprisoned in the citadel at Besançon on 28 June 1816, but on 24 December 1818 a royal decision granted him remission on the rest of his sentence on 24 December 1818. Allowed to retire on 1 December 1819, he died at Varennes on 27 September 1825.

Notes and references

Sources

"Étienne Radet" in Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 164903190 SUDOC: 090158733 BNF: cb10592034p (data) BPN: 71799998 Léonore: LH/2256/47

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