What is Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau?
{{Infobox military person | name = Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur de Rochambeau | image = Maréchal de Rochambeau.jpg | image_size = | caption = Portrait | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1725|07|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher|Vendôme]], [[Orléanais]], France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1807|05|30|1725|07|01|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Thoré-la-Rochette|Thoré]], [[Loir-et-Cher]], France | placeofburial = | allegiance = {{flag|Kingdom of France}}<br/>{{flag|Kingdom of the French}} | branch = {{army|France}} | serviceyears = 1742–1792 | rank = [[Marshal of France]] | unit = | commands = | battles = [[War of the Austrian Succession]] *[[Siege of Maastricht (1748)]] [[Seven Years' War]] *[[Battle of Minorca (1756)]] *[[Battle of Krefeld]] *[[Battle of Corbach]] *[[Battle of Kloster Kampen]] [[American Revolutionary War]] *[[Yorktown campaign]] **[[Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route]] **[[Battle of the Chesapeake]] **[[Siege of Yorktown]] [[French Revolutionary Wars]] *[[War of the First Coalition]] | awards = [[File:Ordre du Saint-Esprit Chevalier ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Order of the Holy Spirit]]<br />[[File:Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis Chevalier ribbon.svg|25px]] [[Order of Saint Louis]]<br />[[Society of the Cincinnati]] | relations = | laterwork = | signature = Signature of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725–1807).png }} '''Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau''' (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French nobleman. He served as a general under Louis XIV, and took part in the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] (1740-48). He was present at the siege of [[Antwerp]] and [[Namur]]. With an army of 6,000 people, he helped [[George Washington]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] (1775-83). During the [[Reign of Terror]], he was sentenced, but not executed on the [[guillotine]]. He was freed after the fall of [[Maximilien d