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François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a nobleman and a Marshal of France. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession.
The heir of an impoverished family, he had to essentially rely on his personal ability to fulfill his ambitions and to reach the highest levels of French society. François-Gaston, Duc de Lévis, French army officer (born 20 August 1719 near Limoux, France; died 26 November 1787 in Arras, France).
He entered the French army in 1735, and during the next twenty years saw active service in various parts of Europe. He was created a chevalier de St. Louis in 1848; and in 1856 he was sent to Canada as second-in-command under the Marquis de Montcalm, with the rank of brigadier.
François de Lévis was born into an impoverished branch of one of the more ancient noble families of France. He entered the army in his teens, merely another poor Gascon cadet, but one with excellent family connections; his cousin was the Duc de Lévis-Mirepoix, who became a marshal of France in 1751.
François Gaston Lévis, duc de (fräNswä´ gästôN´ dük də lāvēs´), 1720–87, French soldier. Entering the army in 1735, he distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession . As second in command to General Montcalm, he was sent (1756) to Canada.
François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis, styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a nobleman and a Marshal of France. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession.
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LEVIS (François-Gaston, seigneur et duc de) (1720-87), sous-lieutenant au régiment de la marine, capitaine, aide-major, colonel, chevalier de Saint-Louis, brigadier-général et commandant en second, commandant en chef, lieutenant-général, gouverneur de l'Artois, maréchal de France et duc de Lévis.
