Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

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Vice Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Amiral de Villeneuve, Musée de la Marine
Born	(1763-12-31)31 December 1763 Valensole, Provence, France
Died	22 April 1806(1806-04-22) (aged 42) Rennes, Brittany, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France French Republic French Empire
Service / branch	French Navy
Years of service	1779–1806
Rank	Vice admiral
Commands	Guillaume Tell Bucentaure
Battles / wars	Anglo-French War Battle of Fort Royal French Revolutionary Wars Battle of the Nile Siege of Malta War of the Third Coalition Battle of Cape Finisterre Battle of Trafalgar (POW)

Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French Navy officer who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of a French and Spanish fleet which was defeated by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.^[1]