Albert Cambriels
1816–1891 (age 75)
Biography
Général Hippolyte-Albert Cambriels (11 August 1816 – 21 December 1891) was a French military commander.
Born in Lagrasse, Aude, he was the son of Brigadier General Pierre Cambriels. He was educated at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. During the Franco-Prussian War, he was seriously injured at the Battle of Sedan in 1870.
He was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1850, followed by upgrades to Officier (1856), Commandeur (1859), Grand Officier (1872), and finally Grand-Croix (1880).
He died at the Château de Boaça in Pyrénées-Orientales in 1891 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.