Jean François Cornu de La Poype
1758–1851 (age 93)
Biography
Jean François Cornu de La Poype (1758–1851) was a French military officer whose career encompassed the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars that reshaped Europe. His military service reflected the dramatic transformations of French military institutions during this pivotal historical period.
De La Poype's long life witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon and the subsequent restoration of the French monarchy. He was interred in the Cimetière de Loyasse in Lyon, where he rests among other military figures who shaped the destiny of France during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.