Louis Charles César Le Tellier, ''
Duke d'Estrées'' (2 July 1695 – 2 January 1771) was a French military commander and
Marshal of France
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.
Biography
His father was (1663–1721), marquis de Courtenvaux, himself son of Louis XIV's War Minister
François Michel Le Tellier
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* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
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,
Marquis de Louvois
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. His mother was Marie Anne d'Estrées (†1741), daughter of Marshal
Jean II d'Estrées
Jean, Comte d'Estrées, (3 November 1624 in Solothurn, Switzerland – 19 May 1707 in Paris), was a Marshal of France, and an important naval commander of Louis XIV. He was born into a noble family from Picardy. His aunt was Gabrielle d'Es ...
(1624–1707) and younger sister of Marshal
Victor Marie d'Estrées
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* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
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He married twice, to Anne Catherine de Champagne La Suze, and to Adélaïde Félicité de Brûlart de Sillery de Puysieux.
He was inspector general of the cavalry and as
lieutenant general
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, he distinguished himself in the
Battle of Fontenoy (1745)
A Marshal of France since 24 February 1757, he was commander of the armies in
Westphalia
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during the
Seven Years' War
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. On 26 July 1757, he won the
Battle of Hastenbeck
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against
Hanover
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ian and
Hessian troops under the
Duke of Cumberland
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History
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during the
Invasion of Hanover but was replaced as French commander shortly afterwards. He became Minister of State on July 2, 1758.
In 1759, following the French defeat at the
Battle of Minden
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, he was ordered to conduct a tour of inspection of French forces in Germany.
He became a knight in the
Order of the Holy Spirit
, status = Abolished in 1830 after the July RevolutionRecognised as a dynastic order of chivalry by the ICOC
, founder = Henry III of France
, head_title = Grand Master
, head = Disputed: Louis Alphonse, Duke of AnjouJean, Count of Pari ...
in 1746 and received the title of
Duc d'Estrées in 1763 from his mother's family.
He was a Freemason from 1736.
Bibliography
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Luc-Normand Tellier
Luc-Normand Tellier (born October 10, 1944) is a Professor Emeritus in spatial economics of the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Education and teaching
After teaching for two years (1964–1966) at the Collège Saint-André of Kigali, Rwanda, ...
, ''Face aux Colbert : les Le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot ... et l'avènement du libéralisme'', Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1987, 816 page
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1695 births
1771 deaths
6
Marshals of France
House of Le Tellier
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)