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13 engravings by Maréchaux de France from the Série IX

Blaise de Monluc (de Lasseran de Massencome), lord of Monluc, born between 1500 and 1502 in Saint-Puy (Gascony) and died on 26 July 1577 in Estillac (Montluc) (Gascony) or in Condom[1], was a marshal of France and a memoirist of the 16th century.

Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron, born in 1562 at Saint-Blancard, and executed on 31 July 1602 at the Bastille, was a French soldier. A Marshal of France, he is known for the friendship Henry IV bore him, whom he nevertheless betrayed.

Jean Poton, lord of Xaintrailles, born around 1390/1400 and died on 7 October in Bordeaux, was a Gascon nobleman, master of the King's Stable, bailli of Berry, seneschal of Limousin and comrade-in-arms of Jeanne d’Arc. He took part in the Hundred Years’ War, notably in the Battle of Verneuil (1424).

Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes, called the Marshal of Tavannes, was a French military figure, Marshal of France, born in Dijon in March 1509 and died on 19 June 1573 at his Château de Sully.

Victor-François, 2nd Duke of Broglie, 1st Prince of Broglie, of the Holy Roman Empire (pronounced “de Breuil”), born 19 October 1718 in Paris, at the Hôtel de Broglie, Rue Saint-Dominique, and died 30 March 1804 in Münster, Germany, was a French aristocrat and soldier under the Ancien Régime, Marshal General of the Camps and Armies of the King. He later fought in the counter-revolutionary army of the Prince of Condé.

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Marquis of Vauban, called Vauban, born 1 May 1633 in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret and died 30 March 1707 in Paris, was a French engineer, military architect, urban planner, hydraulician and essayist. He was named Marshal of France by Louis XIV.

Jean-Baptiste Budes de Guébriant, Count of Guébriant (sometimes written Goësbriant), born 2 February 1602 in Saint-Carreuc of an old Breton family and died 24 November 1643 of the injury he received on 17 November 1643 from a falconer's blow that shattered his right elbow during the siege of Rottweil, was a French soldier active during the Thirty Years’ War.

Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, called the Cardinal of Richelieu, born 9 September 1585 in Paris and died 4 December 1642 in the same city, was a French ecclesiastic and statesman. Cardinal (1622), Duke of Richelieu (1631), Duke of Fronsac (1634) and peer of France, he was the principal minister of King Louis XIII.

Charles Auguste Goyon de Matignon, Count of Gacé, born 28 May 1647 in Torigni-sur-Vire and died 6 December 1729 in Paris, was a Marshal of France.

Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, called Turenne, born 11 September 1611 at the château de Sedan (Ardennes) and died 27 July 1675 near Sasbach (Episcopal Principality of Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire), was a gentleman and famed French military commander who achieved fame under the courtesy title of Viscount Turenne.

Charles de Rohan-Soubise, born 16 July 1715 in the city of Versailles and died 1 July 1787 in the city of Paris, was an aristocrat and officer of the Ancien Régime. Son of Jules de Rohan-Soubise and Anne-Julie-Adélaïde de Melun, he succeeded his father as the fourth Prince of Soubise in 1724. He was also Duke of Rohan-Rohan and Count of Saint-Pol[1]. A childhood friend of King Louis XV, he became Minister of State from 1759 and sat on the Conseil d’en-haut. He was named Marshal of France in 1768 and took part in the Seven Years’ War. Named Peer of France, he was governor of Flanders and Hainaut.

François de Blanchefort de Créquy de Bonne, Marquis of Marines, known as the “Marshal de Créquy,” Marshal of France, owner of the Château de Marines (born 1625 – died 3 February 1687 in Paris), was a man of war in the reign of Louis XIV. He distinguished himself in the numerous campaigns that mark the 17th century starting with the Thirty Years’ War. He was celebrated in his lifetime as the successor to Turenne and one of the most important military leaders of his time.

He was the younger brother of Charles III de Créquy, with whom he should not be confused, as they both died in February 1687 within a few days of each other.

Louis-François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, born 10 January 1644 in Crillon (Oise) and died 22 August 1711 in Fontainebleau, was a French soldier. He was elevated to Marshal of France in 1693, then made a duke in 1695 and elevated to peer of France in 1709.

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