he was born in january 12 1705
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General Comte de Rochambeau was a French hero in the American Revolution.
Jeanne Therese Telles d'Acosta
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Comte de Rochambeau. Comte de Grasse. Add to those well known, the 7,800 to 8,800 unnamed Frenchmen that Rochambeau had with him at Yorktown. Add also the crews of the 29 French ships in the Chesapeake under de Grasse.
Comte de Rochambeau's father- aka Joseph-Charles de Vimeur.
The admiral that helped trap General Lord Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown was Comte (or admiral) de Grasse.