François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil (17 April 1686 – 7 January 1743 in

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) was a

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and a minister for war twice under

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. He was also

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and

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and Grand-master of ceremonies to the

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(1721–1743).

Biography

Born as a member of the Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family, he was the younger son of Marquis François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1638–1705) and his wife, Anne de Calonne de Courtebourne (1654–1737). He was the

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Fontenay-Trésigny Fontenay-Trésigny () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. Location Fontenay-Trésigny is located 43 km southeast of ...

, sire de Villebert, seigneur de Breteuil, du Mesnil-Chassemartin, des Chapelles, de Villenevotte et de

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, baron de Boitron et de Preuilly.''Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine'', p. 206, Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773–1842). ''Nobiliaire…'', p. 360 et La Chesnaye-Desbois, article Le Tonnelier de Breteuil. He died on 7 January 1743 in

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1686 births 1743 deaths French nobility Secretaries of State for War (France) 18th-century French people 17th-century French people People of the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans {{KingdomofFrance-stub