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1855 - 1942 (87 years)

Name	Henri Michel Marie COUTANCEAU
Born	15 Jul 1855	Port Louis, Mauritius
Gender	Male
Died	8 Nov 1942
Person ID	I506225	Our Heritage \| Coutanceau Branch
Last Modified	25 Sep 2020

Father	Jean Alexis COUTANCEAU, b. 6 Feb 1817, Barsac, Gironde, France , d. 1906 (Age 88 years)
Mother	Jeanne Rosalie ROLANDO, d. Yes, date unknown
Married	5 Feb 1851	Port Louis, Mauritius
Family ID	F501749	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Anne Emilie Thérèse RIEUNIER, d. Yes, date unknown
Last Modified	10 Feb 2020
Family ID	F501750	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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		Enhanced and Colourised
		Henri COUTANCEAU, Jeanne Rosalie Rolando, Alice, Jean Alexis COUTANCEAU, Anne Emilie Thérèse RIEUNNIER In the front: Paul RIEUNIER
		Enhanced and Colourised
		Not in order - Henri COUTANCEAU, Jeanne Rosalie Rolando, Alice, Jean Alexis COUTANCEAU, Anne Emilie Thérèse RIEUNNIER




		Portrait Suzanne Coutanceau

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It is mainly a conflict between General Coutanceau, Governor of Verdun, and General Joffre, Commander-in-Chief. An unusual conflict that will lead to the loss of tens of thousands of French soldiers. Son of Alexis Coutanceau, former long-distance French captain and Jeanne Rolando, Michel Henri Marie Coutanceau was born in Port-Louis on July 15, 1855 and left Mauritius for France in March 1868. He completed his classes at the Sainte-Barbe college in Paris, then entered the École Polytechnique in 1873.

Having left among the top 40, he was able to choose a career in military engineering and entered the army as a second lieutenant; he was captain in 1879. Until the war, he progressed from grade to grade, fulfilling various tasks and commands during which he stood out in particular for his ability to teach history. Colonel in 1904, commander of the 3rd Engineer regiment in Arras in 1905, and chief of staff of the 7th army corps in 1907. Brigadier-general in 1909, of division, in 1912, he was appointed on May 14 of this year governor-commander of the citadel of Verdun and the forts of Hauts-de-Meuse.
Photo compliments from Alain Rieunier & Suzanne Coutanceau