- Born
- December 31, 1763
- Died
- April 22, 1806 (aged 42)
- Known as
- naval officer, vizeadmiral
Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was a French Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was in command of a Franco-Spanish fleet which was defeated by the British Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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