Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières

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Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières (born September 23, 1711 in Aix-en-Provence , † October 10, 1775 in Versailles ); Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières, Comte de Muy, Comte de Grignan , also "Chevallier du Muy" or "Dumuy" was a French military and statesman .

Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières in an engraving at the beginning of the 19th century, probably after a painting from the 18th century.

Life

Louis Nicolas Victor was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 23, 1711 , the son of Jean-Baptiste de Félix , Herr de la Renarde, marquis du Muy, Marie-Thérèse d'Armand de Mison .

While his brother Joseph Gabriel Tancrède de Félix succeeded the House of Félix as the eldest son, Louis Nicolas embarked on a military career. He first served in the War of the Polish Succession in 1734 on the Rhine. The Dauphin of King Louis XV. , Louis-Ferdinand de Bourbon , was positively aware of Louis and promoted him. A close relationship developed between them. In 1745 Louis Nicolas took part in the Battle of Fontenoy . Four years later he became lieutenant general .

During the Seven Years' War he was Quartermaster General of the French Reserve Army and, among other things, in 1760 commander in the Battle of Warburg , which he lost to the Allies under Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . In the previous years he met the Neuss canoness Marie Antoinette von Blanckart in Düsseldorf and obviously fell in love with the Rhinelander. It was not until 1774 that they were both able to get married in Versailles .

In 1762 he became a Knight of the Order of St. Michael , but turned down an offer from Louis XV. from becoming Minister of State for War.

After the war he became a bearer of the Order of the Holy Spirit . When his patron, the Dauphin , died unexpectedly a year later at the age of 34, Louis Nicolas could only after the accession to the throne of Louis XVI. complete his career. In 1774 King Louis XV died. Louis XVI appointed him Minister of State for War on June 5, 1774 and a year later Marshal of France .

But just a year later, Louis Nicolas probably died as a result of a gallstone operation. He died in Versailles on October 10, 1775.

Web links

literature

  • M. le Tourneur: l'Eloge de M. le maréchal du Muy : Brussels, 1778.
  • Roux Alphéran: Les Rues d'Aix ou Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de provence . Volume 2. Aix en Provence 1846, p. 433 ff. Online - see Rue St. Michel
  • History of the Seven Years' War in a series of lectures, using authentic sources, edited by the officers of the great General Staff, Part Four: The Campaign of 1760, printed as a manuscript for the use of the army . Berlin 1834, p. 386 ff. Félix d'Ollières (du Muy) at Warburg online at google books p . 386 ff

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marseilles or Muy is often given as his place of birth. However, Aix is ​​occupied, cf. Alphéran 1846 Vol. II: 433
  2. ↑ cf. Brief CV (PDF; 64 kB) of Marie Antoinette about her burial chapel in Alsdorf
personal data
SURNAME Félix d'Ollières, Louis Nicolas Victor de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chevallier du Muy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French military of the Ancien Régime
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Aix-en-Provence
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1775
Place of death Versailles