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  1. François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, Duke of Piney-Luxembourg, commonly known as Luxembourg (8 January 1628 – 4 January 1695), and nicknamed "The Upholsterer of Notre-Dame" (Le Tapissier de Notre-Dame), was a French general and Marshal of France.

    • 4 January 1695 (aged 66), Versailles, France
  2. Mar 22, 2024 · François-Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duke de Luxembourg (born Jan. 8, 1628, Paris, Fr.—died Jan. 4, 1695, Versailles) was one of King Louis XIV’s most successful generals in the Dutch War (1672–78) and the War of the Grand Alliance (1689–97).

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  3. François-Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Piney-Luxembourg (8 janvier 1628 à Precy sur Oise - 4 janvier 1695 à Versailles), comte de Bouteville et comte de Luxe, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, pair de France (1661) et maréchal de France (1675), plus connu sous le nom de maréchal de Luxembourg ou celui de tapissier de Notre-Dame, est un ...

    • Maréchal de Luxembourg, Tapissier de Notre-Dame
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  5. François-Henri de Montmorency, Duc de Luxembourg. Known for his cruelty and his intelligent strategy, François-Henri de Montmorency, Duc de Luxembourg (1628–1695) was an important general in the wars of Louis XIV. He was responsible for key victories against Dutch and English forces.

  6. François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville Luxembourg, duc de (fräNswä´ äNrē´ də môNmôräNsē´bōōtvēl´ dük də lüksäNbōōr´), 1628–95, marshal of France. Under his cousin, the Great Condé, he served in the Fronde, in the conquest of Franche-Comté (1668), and in the Dutch War. Made a marshal in 1675, he was given (1676 ...

  7. Madeleine-Charlotte was married in 1661 to François-Henri de Montmorency (1628–1695), comte de Bouteville and sovereign Count of Luxe; he became fifth duc de Piney jure uxoris and later a Marshal of France. He sued the other peers of France to obtain the precedence of the original Piney peerage created in 1581, by which he would have ...

  8. Nov 13, 2017 · He led a French army that occupied Franche-Comté in 1668 during the War of Devolution Luxembourg, François Henri de Montmorency, duc de 26 (1667-1668). He fought again during the Dutch War (1672-1678), so well at the beginning in the campaign around Cologne, and so well and often thereafter, that in reward, the “Grande Monarque” raised ...

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