"When writing Napoleon in America, I considered making French officer Gaëtan-Octavien d'Alvimart one of the characters. Like Generals Lallemand and Humbert, d'Alvimart was a spirited adventurer who tried to make his way into Mexico when it was still a possession of Spain. D'Alvimart claimed to be acting on the direct orders of Napoleon, whom he had known since his youth. But was he really Napoleon's emissary? Here is the curious tale of a self-styled general, who was also an artist and a poet.
Gaëtan-Octavien Souchet d'Alvimart – also known as Octavien (or Octavian) Dalvimart, and Octaviano d'Alvimart (or d'Alvimar) – was born at Versailles on May 13, 1770. His father, Octavien, was an officer in the dragoons, who later became governor of King Louis XVI's pages. D'Alvimart's mother was Joséphine Geneviève Dupont. Her father, Gaëtan Lambert Dupont, was a lawyer and counsellor to the crown, and treasurer of the royal military school in Paris.
In September 1784, Gaëtan-Octavien d'Alvimart was admitted as a gentleman cadet to the military school where his grandfather had formerly worked. One month later, Napoleon Bonaparte became a fellow pupil. They were probably not close friends, but they certainly knew one another…"
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