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Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel (shärl vēktôr` ĕmänüĕl` ləklĕr`), 1772–1802, French general. He served under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaign, married (1797) Pauline Bonaparte Carlo Buonaparte, 1746–85, a petty Corsican nobleman, was a lawyer in Ajaccio. He supported (1768–69) Pasquale Paoli , then changed sides and became one of the staunchest leaders of the pro-French party in Corsica. He sent his sons to be educated in France.
..... Click the link for more information. , and took part in Napoleon's coup of 18 Brumaire (1799). In 1801 he commanded the French expedition to Portugal. He then headed the force sent to subdue Haiti Haiti (hā`tē), Fr. Haïti
..... Click the link for more information. , where François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture Toussaint L'Ouverture, François Dominique (fräNswä` dômēnēk` t
..... Click the link for more information. had established a virtually autonomous state. The French won several victories after severe fighting, and an agreement was reached. This was broken by Leclerc, who, acting on Napoleon's secret instructions, had Toussaint seized by trickery and deported to France. The natives, led by Jean Jacques Dessalines Dessalines, Jean Jacques (zhäN zhäk dĕsälēn`), c.1758–1806, emperor of Haiti (1804–6), born a slave.
..... Click the link for more information. and Henri Christophe Christophe, Henri (äNrē` krēstôf`), 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader.
..... Click the link for more information. , rose in revolt and expelled the French, who were weakened by an epidemic of yellow fever. Leclerc died of the fever.