Edgard de Trentinian
Louis Edgard de Trentinian was a French soldier during the colonial era before World War I. He fought in French Indochina, and later was governor of the French Sudan. He commanded troops in the early part of World War I.
Louis Edgard de Trentinian was born in Brest, France onAugust 1851, His family was hereditary nobility of Breton origin, with a military tradition. His father LouisArthurErnest , Count of Trentinian, was a brigadiergeneral. His grandfather was a commander in the American Revolutionary War. Louis Edgard de Trentinian was raised in Martinique. He fought in the FrancoPrussian War , and was made chevalier de la Lgion dHonneur at the age of nineteen for his valor in the field. He then attended the Ecole Spciale Militaire de SaintCyr, graduating in 1872.
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