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Alexandre-Louis-Robert Girardin d'Ermenonville was a French General of Cavalry who served as an aide-de-camp to Marshal Berthier and became a notable cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. In addition to his military career, he was a central organizer of the imperial and royal hunts, serving as Lieutenant de la venerie to Napoleon before continuing this role under the Grand Veneur de France to King Louis XVIII and King Charles X after the Bourbon Restoration.