Personal life Pierre Dupont was married on 26 December 1804 to Jeanne Grâce Bergon, daughter of a state counsellor, who died in the château des Ternes (Paris) on 13 June 1858. They had two children: Jean Pierre Théophile, comte Dupont; born in Paris 23 February 1806, died 6 May 1843, married 22 July 1837 to Adele Lidorie Bickham (born in Mauritius 17 October 1808, died Paris 18 November 1841), parents of Arthur, comte Dupont born in Paris 10 May 1839. Claire Joséphine Grace Dupont; married to Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont, comte de Richemont. He also had an illegitimate son, Aimé Dupont (born 1790 in Maastricht), who became a colonel of engineers. His niece Claire Grâce Dupont de Savignat was the mother of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the Republic. Writings Military treatises Opinion sur le nouveau mode de recrutement (1818) Lettres sur l'Espagne en 1808 (1823) Lettre sur la campagne d'Autriche (1826) Other Poems, including La Liberté (1799), Cathelinna ou les amis rivaux (1801), L'Art de la guerre, poème en dix chants (1838), and verse translations from Horace and Homer (1836). At the time of his death he was on the point of publishing his memoirs. Sources Glover, Michael. The Peninsular War 1807–1814. Penguin, 1974. Smith, Digby. The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill, 1998. Bicentenario de la Batalla de Bailen Dictionnaire Bouillet, 1869 References 1765 births 1840 deaths People from Charente French Ministers of War Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Bourbon Restoration Counts of the First French Empire French generals French poets French translators Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French male essayists French male poets Dupont State ministers of France French duellists