What is Louis Majou?
{{Orphan|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata | name = Louis Majou | occupation = [[colonel]] and [[deputy]] |image = Portait du colonel Louis Majou (1764-1832).jpg | birth_date = {{birth date |df=y|1764|11|11}} | birth_place = [[Mouilleron-en-Pareds]], France | death_date = {{death date |1832|2|25}} | death_place = [[Sainte-Hermine]], France | nationality = {{french}} }} [[Colonel]] '''Louis Majou''' is a French politician <ref>{{Cite web|title=Majou, Louis Jacques Luc - Accès thématique Personnes|url=http://recherche-archives.vendee.fr/archive/catalogue/personne/majou--louis-jacques-luc|access-date=2023-01-01|website=Les archives de la Vendée|language=fr-fr|archive-date=2023-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101203956/http://recherche-archives.vendee.fr/archive/catalogue/personne/majou--louis-jacques-luc|url-status=dead}}</ref> born in 1764 in [[Mouilleron-en-Pareds]] ( [[Vendée]] ) and died on February, 25 1832 in [[Sainte-Hermine]] . ==Biography== Colonel Majou was born as ''Louis Jacques Luc Majou des Grois'' on November, 11 1764 in [[Mouilleron-en-Pareds]], although his parents had resided in the nearby market town of [[La Couture, Vendée|La Couture]]. He was baptized as a Protestant the next day.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Verly|first=Charles Antoine|title=Louis Jacques Luc MAJOU (1764-1832)|url=http://figuresherminoises.over-blog.com/article-louis-jacques-luc-majou-1764-1832-40149079.html|access-date=2023-01-01|website=FIGURES HERMINOISES|language=fr}}</ref> His father was a landowner (lord of Pacaudières and Cars) and died early, leaving him an orphan at 17 years old. We know only a few elements of his life before the [[French Revolution|Revolution]]. Inheriting some business in [[La Rochelle]], he probably studied law in this city, where he certainly resided during his youth. In 1792, Louis Majou was recognized enough in [[La Rochelle]] to be elected [[lieutenant]] of the free company. He took part as an [[infantry]]man in the