Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans, 1st Count Exelmans

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The Marshal Exelmans
1st Count Exelmans
Circa 1852 portrait by Charles-Philippe Larivière.
Born (1775-11-13)13 November 1775
Bar-le-Duc, France
Died 22 June 1852(1852-06-22) (aged 76)
Sèvres, France
Spouse Amélie Marie Josèphe de La Croix (m 31 January 1808)
Issue Charles Joachim, Viscount Exelmans
Amélie Catherine, Baroness of Tinan
Maurice, Viscount Exelmans
Full name
Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans
Father Guillaume Izidor Exelmans
Mother Françoise Belhomme




Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans, 1st Count Exelmans (13 November 1775 – 22 June 1852) was a distinguished French soldier of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On 10 March 1851, he was created a Marshal of France by Napoleon III.


Marriage[edit]

On 31 January 1808, he married Amélie Marie Josèphe de La Croix.

Issue[edit]

  1. Charles Joachim Exelmans, Viscount Exelmans (25 May 1812, - 20 April 1845) married Nathalie Rose Campion and had issue.
  2. Amélie Catherine Angélique Exelmans (1815 - 1 December 1848) married Adelbert Le Barbier, 3rd Baron of Tinan.
  3. Maurice Exelmans, Viscount Exelmans (19 April 1816 - 25 July 1875) married twice and had issue.