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Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, count de Toulouse: Quick Facts

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Born June 6, 1678 • Versailles • France
Died December 1, 1737 (aged 59) • Rambouillet • France
Role In War of the Spanish Succession
Forbin, detail from an engraving by L. Pierron, 17th century
Claude de Forbin
French military officer
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
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Francis Garnier
French naval officer
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Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
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Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
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Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve
French admiral
Villars, Claude-Louis-Hector, duc de
Claude-Louis-Hector, duke de Villars
French general
Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort, engraving by J.-B. Humbelot, 17th century
François de Vendôme, duke de Beaufort
French prince
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Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
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Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme
Louis Joseph, duke of Vendôme
French general
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André Jeanbon Saint-André
French clergyman
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Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de La Galissonnière
commandant-general of New France
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François-Joseph-Paul, count de Grasse
French naval commander
A French hero
Jean Bart
French military officer
La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-François Mahé, count de
Bertrand-François Mahé count de la Bourdonnais
French officer
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy
French diplomat