Lacuzon ( fro, la cuzon, "disturbance") or Claude Prost (June 17, 1607 – December 21, 1681) was a

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leader. He was born at Longchaumois (''

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'' of Jura). He gained his first military experience when the French invaded

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in 1636, harrying the French troops from the castles of Montaigu and Saint-Laurent-la-Roche, and devastating the frontier districts of

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and

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with fire and sword (1640–1642). In the first invasion of

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Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

in 1668 Lacuzon was unable to make any effective resistance, but he played an important part in Louis' second invasion. In 1673 he defended Salins for some time; after the capitulation of the town he took refuge in

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. He died at

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on December 21, 1681.

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* {{Authority control 1607 births 1681 deaths People from Jura (department)