Henry (Henri) de Nogaret de La Valette (died 1639) was the eldest son of

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(1554–1642), first Duke of

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and

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, and his wife Marguerite de Foix (1567–1593), comtesse de Candale. From his mother Henri inherited the title of Comte de Candale, becoming the 7th of that line, and was generally known by such title. Henri made a career of the military, serving under Richelieu, in the armies of

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, of Picardy and of Italy. During the

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he was made commander in chief of the allied Franco-Venetian army gathered at

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in order to bring an end the

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siege of Mantua and relieve the beleaguered and famished

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. The operations to relieve Mantua were however disastrously unsuccessful, and on 29 May 1630 the Franco-Venetian allies were comprehensively defeated at the battle of Villabuona by the Austro-Italian general

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. In the battle the duc de Candale's own half-brother, the Chevalier de la Valette, was captured.See Brusoni, G. ''Della Historia d'Italia in Libri XLVI dall'anno 1625 fino al 1670'' Torino: Bartolomeo Zappata, 1680, 43. Brusoni clarifies that the man titled Chevalier de la Valette (and in charge of a cavalry detachment) was "fratello naturale" of the Duc de Candale and was captured in the battle. Accessed online at: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Della_historia_d_Italia_di_Girolamo_Brus/fqXHZyKNEMQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Girolamo+Brusoni+villabuona&pg=PA43&printsec=frontcover He was created duc de Candale in 1621, but that title became extinct upon his death and his brother

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succeeded him as the 8th Comte de Candale.

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Dukes of Épernon Counts of Candale 1639 deaths French military personnel Year of birth unknown 17th-century French people 17th-century soldiers Peers created by Louis XIII {{France-noble-stub