Anonymous drawing of Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, Duke of Stainville, Marshal of France

Jacques Philippe de Choiseul (6 September 1727,

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lun ...

- 2 June 1789,

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) was a French

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, general and nobleman. He became count and then in 1786 duke of Choiseul-Stainville (inheriting it from his elder brother

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) and baron of Dommanges.

Life

Jacques Philippe came from the House of Choiseul, a noble family dating back to the 12th century and originating in Choiseul in

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and after becoming captain in a dragoon regiment he was made a commander of the

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, chamberlain to

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, colonel of a regiment of light cavalry, major general and lieutenant field marshal in 1759. In 1760 he resigned his imperial titles and joined the French army, in which he was made lieutenant general. He was put under the command of the marshal de Broglie. He continued serving in Germany until the end of the

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and was giving the posts of commanding inspector of the French grenadier regiment (''régiment des grenadiers de France'') and inspector general of infantry In 1770 he was made governor general of Lorraine, where he had a triumphal arch ( Porte Saint-Louis) built, and on 13 June 1783 he was made marshal of France. In 1788 he was made governor general of Alsace. He was made knight of the Orders of the King on 2 February 1786 and 'brevet' duke of Stainville the same year. He died at Strasbourg at 1789 aged 61. His daughter

Marie Thérèse de Choiseul Marie Thérèse ''Françoise'' de Choiseul (8 December 1766 – 27 July 1794) was a French noblewoman and a Monegasque princess, married to Prince Joseph of Monaco in 1782. Life She was the daughter of Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, Duke of Sta ...

married

Prince Joseph of Monaco Prince Joseph Marie Jerôme Honoré of Monaco (10 September 1763 – 28 June 1816) was the second son of Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, and Maria Caterina Brignole and the younger brother of Prince Honoré IV. Joseph served as regent of Monaco ...

Bibliography

*Charles Gavard, Galeries historiques du Palais de Versailles, vol. 7, Imprimerie royale, 1842 ; *Michel Popoff et préface d'Hervé Pinoteau, Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit : d'après l'œuvre du père Anselme et ses continuateurs, Paris, Le Léopard d'or, 1996, 204 p. () ; *Jean-Baptiste Rietstap, Armorial général, t. (tome 1 et 2), Gouda, G.B. van Goor zonen, 1884-1887 et ses Compléments sur www.euraldic.com.

External links

* *Arnaud Bunel,
Héraldique européenne
, Duché de Choiseul on www.heraldique-europeenne.org, 1997-2011. Viewed on 11 July 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Choiseul 1727 births 1789 deaths People from Lunéville Marshals of France French military personnel of the Seven Years' War