Adolphe Clément
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Charleville- Mézières, Holy Roman Empire, Légion d'honneur, Louis XIV of France, Château de Pierrefonds, Tristan Bernard, 1907 French Grand Prix
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Beschreibung
Gustave Adolphe Clément, (Gustavus Adolphus Clément, Gustavus Adolphus Clément-Bayard), (22 September 1855 - 1928) was a French entrepeneur. He manufactured bicycles and pneumatic tyres and went on to motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships. He changed his name to Clément-Bayard five years after the successful launch of the Clément-Bayard automobile brand. It honoured the Chevalier Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard who saved the town of Mézières from an Imperial army during the Siege of Mézières in 1521. Clément was appointed a Commander of the Légion d'Honneur in 1912.
