Early life He was born in
Versailles and educated at the
École Militaire, which he left at the age of sixteen. Lescure was in command of a company of
cavalry in the
Regiment de Royal-Piémont. In 1791, he married his cousin
Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, who was also the cousin of
Henri de la Rochejaquelein, another royalist rebel of Vendée. Being opposed to the ideas of the Revolution, he
emigrated in 1791, but soon returned, and, on the
Insurrection of 10 August 1792, took part in the defence of the
Tuileries Palace against the mob of
Paris. The day after, he was forced to leave the capital, and took refuge in the
château of Clisson near Bressuire.
War in the Vendée On the outbreak of the
Revolt in the Vendée against the
Republic, he was arrested and imprisoned with all his family, as one of the promoters of the rising. He was set free by the Royalists and became one of their leaders. Lescure fought at
Thouars in May 1793. At the
Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte, he was the first to enter the city and free the Royalist prisoners inside. He was wounded at the
Battle of Saumur in June. After an unsuccessful attack on
Nantes, he joined forces with La Rochejaquelein and tried in vain to rally the troops of the dispersed
Catholic and Royal Army. at
St. Florent'', by
Jules Girardet Their peasant troops, opposed to the
French Revolutionary Army General
François Joseph Westermann, sustained multiple defeats, but finally gained a victory between
Tiffauges and
Cholet on 19 September 1793. He was seriously wounded by a bullet to the head at Tiffauges. The struggle was then concentrated around
Châtillon, which was time after time taken and lost by the Republicans. Lescure was killed near the
château of La Tremblaye at the
Battle of La Tremblaye, between
Ernée and
Fougères. ==References==