Count Maximilian Anton Karl Baillet de Latour (french: Maximilien-Antoine-Charles-Joseph Comte de Baillet de Latour) (14 December 173722 July 1806) was an

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general during the

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Biography

Born at Latour Castle near

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in the

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(present-day

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), he joined the Austrian Army in 1755 and distinguished himself in the

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. In 1772 he married Charlotte-Sophie de Guérin de La Marche (d-1806); their son, Count Theodor Franz Baillet von Latour, was

minister of war during the

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, and was murdered during the

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. His brother, Count Ludwig Wilhelm Anton Baillet de Latour-Merlemont (1753–1836), was also a general in Austrian service, until 1810, when he resigned, and joined the '' Grande Armée'' of

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. Latour achieved the rank of a '' Generalmajor'' in 1782. In the course of the 1789 revolt that led to the proclamation of the autonomous

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, Latour was elevated to the rank of a ''

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''. His troops held the Duchy of Luxembourg and played a significant role in regaining the rebellious provinces by the end of 1790, which earned him the Military Order of Maria Theresa. From 1792 onwards Latour fought as an Austrian commander in the Wars of the

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and Second Coalition. In 1805 Emperor Francis I of Habsburg appointed him president of the ''

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'', Latour nevertheless died shortly afterwards in

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