Jean-Pierre Ramel (the younger)

Who was Jean-Pierre Ramel (the younger)?

Jean-Pierre Ramel (the younger) was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the First French Empire. Following the defeat of Napoleon I, he was assassinated by royalists in Toulouse during the Second White Terror. His older brother, Jean-Pierre Ramel, born in 1761, had been a deputy of the French Parliament and had worked on the Constitution.

Ramel entered a French infantry regiment as a volunteer at the age of fifteen. In 1791 he became adjutant-Major in the Legion of Lot. In 1792 he was promoted to Captain and the next year he became a battalion Commander. After being imprisoned, he obtained his liberty due to the efforts of General Dugommier and in 1796 he was promoted to adjutant-General in the army of the Rhin-et-Moselle. Charged with the defense of Kehl he successfully repulsed the attack of the Archduke Charles.

The same year he was made commander of the Guard of the Legislature in which capacity he denounced the royalist conspiracy of Brottier. Being suspect of royalist sympathies himself, he was disarmed by Augereau during the Coup of 18 fructidor an V. Following his arrest he was conveyed to the Temple where he was imprisoned.