François Lanusse

{{Short description|French Army officer (1772–1801)}}

{{expand French|topic=bio|date=March 2016|François Lanusse}}

{{Infobox military person

| name =François Lanusse

| image =Général François Lanusse.jpg

| caption =General of Division François Lanusse

| birth_date ={{birth-date|3 November 1772}}

| death_date ={{death-date and age|21 March 1801|3 November 1772}}

| birth_place =Habas, Landes

| death_place =Canope, Ottoman Egypt

| allegiance = {{flagcountry|French First Republic}}

| branch = French Army

| serviceyears =1792–1801

| rank =Divisional-General

| battles =French Revolutionary Wars

| awards =

}}

Divisional-General François Lanusse (3 November 1772 – 21 March 1801) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was killed at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801, during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria.{{cite book |last1=Charavay |first1=Jacques |title=Les généraux morts pour la patrie 1792-1871, Tome 1 |date=1893 |publisher=Au Siége de la Société |location=Paris |pages=92–93 |url=https://archive.org/details/lesgnrauxmor01char |language=French}}{{cite book |last1=Six |first1=Georges |title=Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792-1814 - Tome 2 |date=1934 |publisher=Librairie historique et nobiliaire |location=Paris |page=55 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3336885v |language=French}} Lanusse was the general of the French army in the Battle of Mandora.{{CN|date=February 2024}}

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