Jean Paul Adam, comte de Schramm (1 December 1789 in Arras – 25 February 1884) was a French Minister of War.

Career

He entered the Army in 1803. He was promoted lieutenant after the Battle of Austerlitz. He was promoted Captain in the Old Guard, after the Siege of Danzig (1807). He fought at the Battle of Wagram, and Battle of Aspern-Essling, and the Russian campaign and Saxon campaign. He was made Baron after his charge at Battle of Lützen (1813), where he was twice wounded. He fought at the Battle of Dresden, where he captured some guns. He was made brigadier in 1813. He retired during the Bourbon Restoration, but took part in the siege of Antwerp in 1831. He commanded an expedition in Algeria in 1838. He was made lieutenant general, comte, and peer of France, in 1839. He was created Senator in 1852.

Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm

Schramm's is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm

References

1789 births

1884 deaths

People from Arras

Counts of France

Orléanists

Bonapartists

French Ministers of War

Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy

Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy

Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy

French senators of the Second Empire

People of the French Second Republic

French generals

French military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars

Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

Jean-Paul, comte de Schramm