Alexander von Bournonville, Alexander de Bournonville, Alexander II Hyppolite, Prince of Bournonville and third Count of Hénin-Liétard (Brussels, 5 January 1616 – Pamplona, 20 August 1690) was a

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military man. He held the titles of Field Marshal of the

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, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece,

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(1678–1685) and

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(1686–1691). He was the son of

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, count of Henin, Order of the Golden Fleece (1585–1656) and Anne de Melun (1590–1666).
He married with María Ernestina of Arenberg, daughter of Philippe-Charles, 3rd Count of Arenberg and had 3 daughters and a son Alexander III de Bournonville (1662–1705), his successor. He fought for the Holy Roman Empire in the

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and then for Spain in the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), where he distinguished himself in the

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and the

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.
He was awarded on 12 July 1658, in Madrid, by King

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the title of Prince of Bournonville, now a place located in Pas-de-Calais near the frontier with

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. In 1672, he fought as Imperial Field marshal in the Franco-Dutch War and was unable to defeat

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in the Battle of Entzheim, despite the

's numerical superiority. In 1676 he entered again in Spanish service and was sent the next year to Messina to crush there the rebellion supported by France.
Bournonville later settled in Spain and became both Viceroy of Catalonia and Viceroy of Navarre.

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Archived
25 October 2009)
Alexandre Hippolyte Balthazar de Bournonville, on gw5.geneanet.org
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