Emanuel de Croÿ, Prince of Solre, 7th Duke of Croÿ (23 June 1718 – 30 March 1784) was a French

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of the 18th century who attained the rank of

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. The only son of Philippe-Alexandre-Emmanuel de Croy, he was born a prince of the

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. After the attempted assassination of

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, he was sent to

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, to investigate and reconstruct the route of the assassin. He was raised to the rank of Marshal of France on 13 June 1783 and he died in

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on 30 March 1784 at the age of sixty-six.

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