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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.
- Kingdom of France
- Le Tapissier de Notre-Dame
- 4 January 1695 (aged 66), Versailles, France
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
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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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.
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 ...
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 ...
LUXEMBURG, FRANÇOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCY-BOUTEVILLE, Duke of (1628–1695), marshal of France, the comrade and successor of the great Condé, was born at Paris on the 8th of January 1628. His father, the comte de Montmorency-Bouteville, had been executed six months before his birth for killing the marquis de Beuvron in a duel, but his aunt ...
