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Robert Jean Antoine de Franquetot de Coigny (1652 – August 10, 1704)
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/ref> was a French soldier. He was the son of Jean Antoine de Franquetot, Comte de Franquetot, who died on July 2, 1652 at the
battle of the Faubourg Saint Antoine
The Fronde () was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. King Louis XIV confronted the combined opposition of the princes, the nobility, the law cour ...
.
His estate at Coigny
Coigny () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Montsenelle.comté'' by
/ref> He was buried in the church of Coigny. Robert Jean Antoine had married Marie-Françoise de Matignon (August 3, 1648 – October 11, 1719)www.geneall.net
/ref> on October 5, 1668. They had 3 children: François, Henri and Madeleine. He was succeeded as Comte de Coigny by his son François de Franquetot de Coigny (1670–1759) who became Marshal of France.
King Louis XIV
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as a mark of his father's service. The Comte de Coigny entered the Musketeers in 1667. He was appointed Governor of Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
of Louis XIV's armies in 1693, and Director-General of Cavalry in 1694. He died at Kœnigsmacker
Kœnigsmacker (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Maacher''/''Kinneksmaacher''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Kœnigsmacker was the birthplac ...
, Alsace, in August 1704.Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais
Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773 – 1842) was a French genealogist and littérateur.
Biography
Early life
Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais was born on 6 April 1773 in Langres, France.
Career
During the French Revolution, he served as an Ass ...
: ''Nobiliaire universel de France ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume'', v. 10, p29-32. Published by au bureau du Nobiliaire universel de France, 1817/ref> He was buried in the church of Coigny. Robert Jean Antoine had married Marie-Françoise de Matignon (August 3, 1648 – October 11, 1719)
/ref> on October 5, 1668. They had 3 children: François, Henri and Madeleine. He was succeeded as Comte de Coigny by his son François de Franquetot de Coigny (1670–1759) who became Marshal of France.
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