Louis-Henri de Brancas-Forcalquier, (

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, 19 January 1672 – 9 August 1750) was a

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. He was the second marquis of Céreste, but was better known as Le Marquis de Brancas. He was also (nominal) ''prince souverain'' of the island of

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. This

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had been created for Bufille Brancaccio, count of

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, Sicily, by

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. He served

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on land and sea and was made a Marshal of France in 1740. Louis-Henri de Brancas-Forcalquier was also French ambassador in Spain,

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and a Knight of the

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. He married on 24 January 1696 Elizabeth Charlotte de Brancas-Villars.

Sources

''Dictionnaire de la Noblesse'', Tome 3, page 981
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