Francisco de Miranda
(1756-1812)
Name
Miranda
Nation
France
Rating
3" G(7)+1D
Drop
0
DefenceValidated forIV
Command Ratings
Division
3"G(7)+1D
Points: 14
Cavalry or Temp Corps
5"G(7)+1D
Points: 21
Corps
8"G(7)+1D
Points: 27
Small Army
9"G(7)+1D
Points: 38
Wing
10"G(7)+1D
Points: 41
Medium Army
12"G(7)+1D
Points: 47
Large Army
18"G(7)+1D
Points: 65
Supreme HQ
26"G(7)+1D
Points: 89
Commands
- Commands the Left Division of French Army at Valmy (1792, age 36)
No biography is available for this general.
He was with Rochambeau during the American Revolution but saw little action in French service (although he fought at Valmy in 1792). A shadowy character, he later even tried to obtain British backing for his South American schemes in the 1790s. He left France in 1806 to join Simon Bolivar in the Venezuelan uprising and was captured in 1812, dying in prison in 1816. XX 92-93 Valmy, Neerwinden. Lt. Gen. in October 1792.