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Why were Turenneâs remains later moved to Les Invalides in Paris?
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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 initially buried among the kings of France at Saint-Denis following his death in 1675. His remains were later transferred to Les Invalides in Paris by order of Napoleon, who held Turenne in high regard, famously deeming him historyâs greatest military leader.12