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Charles-Auguste de Goÿon de Matignon, comte de Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier,

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Marshal of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1 ...

. The youngest son of François de Goÿon,

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of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne ''née'' de Malon de Bercy, he was descended from the ancient noble Breton family de Bricquebec. A career soldier, Goÿon-Matignon rose to become Governor of Aunis (1688), Marshal of the French Army (1691), before being appointed

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(1708). A portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.www.mba.caen.fr
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goyon de Matignon, Charles-Auguste 1647 births 1729 deaths French generals French noble families Counts of France 18th-century French diplomats Ambassadors of France to Great Britain

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