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Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1665; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Henri de La Tour dâAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne, was the grandson of William the Silent, the stadholder of the Netherlands. Turenne was the son of Henri, duc de Bouillon, and his second wife, Elizabeth of Nassau, who was William the Silentâs daughter.1