François, chevalier de Créquy and marquis de Marines, marshal of France (1625-3 February 1687). The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
He was born in the military Créquy family dating back to the 10th century. Créquy (often spelled Créqui) a French family which originated in Picardy and Artois, and took its name from a small lordship of Créquy
He took part as a boy in the Thirty Years' War, distinguishing himself so greatly that at the age of twenty-six he was made a maréchal de camp, and a lieutenant-general before he was thirty. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.
He was regarded as the most brilliant of the younger officers, and won the favor of Louis XIV by his fidelity to the court during the second Fronde. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent La Fronde (1648–1653 was a Civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635
In 1667 he served on the Rhine, and in 1668 he commanded the covering army during Louis XIV's Siege of Lille, after the surrender of which the king rewarded him with the marshalate. The Rhine (Rhein Rijn Rhin Reno Rain Rhenus is one of the longest and most important Rivers in Europe at 1320 kilometres (820 mi with an average discharge See also Siege of Lille (1708 The Siege of Lille was a siege of the city of Lille during the War of Devolution. In 1670 he overran the Duchy of Lorraine. Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France.
Shortly after this Turenne, his old commander, was made marshal-general, and all the marshals were placed under his orders. Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne ( September 11 1611 &ndash July 27 1675) was Many resented this, and Créquy, in particular, whose career of uninterrupted success had made him over-confident, went into exile rather than serve under Turenne. After the death of Turenne and the retirement of Condé, he became the most important general officer in the army, but his overconfidence was punished by the severe defeat of Conzer Bruck (1675) and the surrender of Trier and his own captivity which followed. The Battle of Konzer Brucke was fought as part of the Franco-Dutch War on August 11, 1675 and resulted in an Imperial victory Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River.
But in the later campaigns of the Franco-Dutch war he showed himself again a cool, daring and successful commander, and, carrying on the tradition of Turenne and Condé, he was in his turn the pattern of the younger generals of the stamp of Luxembourg and Villars. The Franco-Dutch War (1672&ndash1678 was a War fought between the Kingdom of France, Münster-->, Cologne--> and Kingdom of England François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville duc de Piney, called de Luxembourg ( January 8, 1628 - January 4, 1695) was a French Claude Louis Hector de Villars Prince de Martigues Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun ( May 8, 1653 – June 17, 1734) was the He died in Paris on 3 February 1687. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states
Francois de Créquy had two sons, whose brilliant military abilities bade fair to rival his own. The elder, François Joseph, marquis de Créquy (1662-1702), already held the grade of lieutenant-general when he was killed at Luzzara on 13 August 1702; and Nicolas Charles, sire de Créquy, was killed before Tournai in 1696 at the age of twenty-seven. This article is about the 1702 Battle of Luzzara For the Battle of 1734 see the Battle of Guastalla. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Tournai (in Dutch Doornik, in Latin: Tornacum) is a Walloon City and municipality of Belgium
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