Timoléon d'Espinay (1580–1644),
French
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soldier, was the eldest of the four sons of
François d'Espinay
François d'Espinay, seigneur de Saint-Luc et baron de Crèvecœur ( –8 September 1597) was a French noble, courtier, military commander and governor during the later French Wars of Religion. Born into the middling Norman nobility as a son ...
, seigneur de Saint Luc (1554–1597), and was himself marquis de Saint Luc. In 1603 he accompanied
Sully in his embassy to
London.
In 1622, in his capacity as vice-admiral of France, he gained some advantages over the defenders of
La Rochelle, obliging the
Huguenot commander,
Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de Soubise, to evacuate the islands of
Ré and
Oléron
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. In 1627 he was named lieutenant-general of
Guienne
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The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transformation o ...
and
Marshal of France.
References
1580 births
1644 deaths
French soldiers
Marshals of France
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