La Rochejaquelein, Henri, Comte de, a celebrated Vendéan royalist; the peasants of La Vendée having in 1792 risen in the royal cause, he placed himself at the head of them, and after gaining six victories was killed fighting in single combat while defending Nouaillé (1772‒1794).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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