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CASTRIES, Armand Charles Augustin, Due de (kas'-tre'), soldier, born in April, 1756; died in 1842. He was a son of the Marshal de Castries, and commanded a regiment under Rochambeau in the United States, where he was known as the Count de Charlus. He was made brigadier-general in 1782, and received the title of Duke de Castries in 1784. He was deputy to the national assembly in 1789, and defended the monarchy with such energy as occasioned a duel with Charles Lameth. in 1794 he raised a corps of emigrants in the pay of England, returned to France with Louis XVIII., and was made a peer and lieutenant-general. He was governor of Rouen when Napoleon returned from Elba, in March, 1815, and made strenuous efforts in the cause of royalty.
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