Yves d'Alègre

Yves d'Alègre, Marshal of France

Yves d'Alègre (* 1653 - March 3, 1733 ), titular Prince of Orange , Marquis de Tourzel and Lord of Montague, Saint-Flour-le-Chatel, of Aurouze and Aubusson, Count of Flageac, Marshal of France in 1724 , came from a noble family of the Auvergne.

He took part in all wars of the French Sun King Louis XIV : the Dutch War , the Palatinate War of Succession and the Spanish War of Succession . As Colonel and Commander of the Royal Dragoons from May 1679 to April 1693, he was involved in the siege of Limburg, Condé, Valenciennes, Cambrai and Luxembourg. In the battle of Steenkerke he broke his arm from gunfire. He was captured by the English at the Battle of Nijmegen .

He later took part in the Battle of Walcourt in 1689 and was promoted to Brigadier des armées du roi in March 1690 . In July of the same year he was involved in the Battle of Fleurus . In 1693 he was promoted to Maréchal de camp . In 1702, Yves d'Alègre was promoted to lieutenant-général . In 1703 he was the fortress commander at the siege of Bonn .

In 1706 he became governor of St. Omer, lieutenant general of Languedoc in 1707 and finally governor of Metz in 1723. His appointment as Marshal of France in 1724 marked the climax of his military career .

Individual evidence

↑ George Crabb: Universal Historical Dictionary, or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics. Volume 1. Enlarged edition. Baldwin and Cradock, London 1833, p. 274 .
^ François Abbadie (ed.): Lettres d'un cadet de Gascogne sous Louis XIV. François de Sarraméa, capitaine au régiment de Languedoc. Publiées pour la Société Historique de Gascogne. Honoré Campion et al., Paris et al. 1890, p. 23 .

personal data
SURNAME	Alègre, Yves d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French nobleman and Marshal of France
DATE OF BIRTH	1653
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 1733

[1] George Crabb: Universal Historical Dictionary, or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics. Volume 1. Enlarged edition. Baldwin and Cradock, London 1833, p. 274 .

[2] François Abbadie (ed.): Lettres d'un cadet de Gascogne sous Louis XIV. François de Sarraméa, capitaine au régiment de Languedoc. Publiées pour la Société Historique de Gascogne. Honoré Campion et al., Paris et al. 1890, p. 23 .