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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 killed on July 27, 1675, in Sasbach, Baden-Baden. He died after being struck by a cannon shot while he was examining a military position during his campaign against the imperial field marshal Raimondo Montecuccoli.12