Talk:Jean Maximilien Lamarque

Lamarque's name

Although everyone seems to be calling him Jean Maximilien now, that doesn't seem right. He was most likely known as Maximilien:

- In 1818, Lieutenant Général Max. Lamarque, M. le Général Max. Lamarque. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6119238n http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k57085086

- In a 1832 newspaper: "150 à 200,000 hommes accompagnant la dépouille de Maximilien Lamarque..." http://echo-fabrique.ens-lyon.fr/document.php?id=1120&format=search

- In 1835 : "Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximilien Lamarque."

https://archive.org/details/memoiressouven01lama

And more importantly, he signed his letters as "Max. Lamarque", not Jean Maximilien : "Salut et fraternité, Max. Lamarque"

http://www.librairiesignatures.com/cn/autographe-history-jean-maximilien-lamarque-1591.html

In a 1841 newspaper, for the anniversary of Lamarque's death, a rather long biography also calls him "Maximilien Lamarque":

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6217483s/f2.image.r=Maximilien%20Lamarque?rk=21459;2

I believe that the man should be remembered as he was known at the time: Maximilien Lamarque.

Lamarque2017 (talk) 00:32, 7 August 2017 (UTC)