Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne
Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (born October 22, 1605 in Sedan , † August 9, 1652 in Pontoise ) was Duke of Bouillon , a French military man and one of the leaders of the Fronde .
Life
Frédéric-Maurice was the son of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergnes from his second marriage to Elisabeth von Oranien-Nassau , the daughter of Wilhelm the Schweigers . His younger brother was the famous Marshal Turenne .
Raised in the Protestant faith, he fought in the Netherlands under the command of his uncle, Prince Moritz of Orange , and entered French service in 1635. Initially an opponent of Richelieu (see e.g. Battle of La Marfée on July 6, 1641), he received command of the French troops in Italy after the reconciliation in 1642 . Shortly thereafter, he was arrested in connection with the Cinq Mars conspiracy . In return for his pardon, he had to cede his sovereign principality of Sedan to France.
Later , under the influence of his wife Éléonore de Bergh, he converted to the Catholic faith, went to Rome and took command of the papal troops. In 1649 he returned to France and took part in the Fronde on the side of the princes.
In 1651 he received Sedan and Rocourt back as a fiefdom from the French crown in exchange for other lands .
One of his descendants was Marie Anne Henriette Léopoldine de La Tour d'Auvergne (* 1708, † 1728), the mother of Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate .
See also: La Tour d'Auvergne
literature
- Jacques de Langlade de Saumiere: Memoires de la vie de Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, Souverain de Sedan . Braekmann, Amsterdam 1693.
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| SURNAME | La Tour d'Auvergne, Frédéric-Maurice de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bouillon, Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Bouillon and French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedan |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 1652 |
| Place of death | Pontoise |