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François, chevalier de Créquy

French marshal
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Créquy also spelled:
Créqui
Born:
c. 1624
Died:
Feb. 3, 1687, Paris

François, chevalier de Créquy (born c. 1624—died Feb. 3, 1687, Paris) was a marshal of France and one of King Louis XIV’s most successful commanders during the War of Devolution (1667–68) and the Third Dutch War (1672–78). As a boy, Créquy took part in the Thirty Years’ War, distinguishing himself so greatly that at the age of 26 he was made a maréchal de camp, and a lieutenant general before he was 30. He was regarded as the most brilliant of the younger officers, and won the favour of Louis XIV by his fidelity to the court during the second ...(100 of 249 words)

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