Category:Jean Baptiste van Merlen

**Jean Baptiste Van Merlen**
	Belgian cavalry officer fighting France at the Battle of Waterloo
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Date of birth	May 1772; Antwerp
Date of death	18 June 1815; Waterloo
Cause of death	killed in action;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands; France;
Occupation	military officer (Duchy of Brabant, 1789–1792); military officer (French First Republic, 1792–1795); military officer (Kingdom of Holland, 1795–1810); military officer (First French Empire, 1810–1814); military officer (Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814–1815);
Native language	French;
Child	Bernard van Merlen;
Award received	Order of the Union; Knight in the order of the Reunion; Officer of the Legion of Honour;
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