Villeneuve Reinstated — May 1795

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Overview

The reinstatement is already on Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral. His aristocratic origin nearly destroyed him during the Revolution: dismissed in the purges, he dropped the nobiliary “de” from his name and was reinstated in May 1795.¹

The Reinstatement

This note covers that May 1795 reinstatement only. A purge list, a later rank date, and a First Lord equivalent stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

The same Villeneuve note already records the 1778 garde de la marine entry and the May 1804 vice-admiral step. Those sentences stay there. Valensole — Provence left the 1778 entry on the Villeneuve note. Toulon Fleet 1804–05 is the August 1804 command, not this reinstatement.²

Sources

• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @white2005nelson
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral

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• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
• Valensole — Provence
• Toulon Fleet 1804–05
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Footnotes

1. Dismissed in the purges; dropped the nobiliary “de”; reinstated in May 1795: Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral. ↩

2. Garde de la marine 1778; vice-admiral May 1804: same note. Do not invent a purge list or a later rank date. Do not rewrite the August 1804 Toulon command here. ↩