Jean-Jacques de Beausobre

Jean-Jacques de Beausobre (Niort, 15 March 1704 - Bisseuil, 8 October 1783) was a Swiss military officer.

Beausobre entered the French service in 1715 as a cadet in the regiment de Courten. He took part in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War.

In 1743, Beausobre founded his own hussard regiment. He rose to lieutenant general in 1759.

Beausobre engraved by Juste Chevillet

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