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Born January 10, 1652 • Paris • France
Died April 14, 1721 (aged 69) • Paris • France
Role In War of the Spanish Succession
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Villars, Claude-Louis-Hector, duc de
Claude-Louis-Hector, duke de Villars
French general
Louis-Joseph, duc de Vendôme
Louis Joseph, duke of Vendôme
French general
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Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, count de Toulouse
French admiral general
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy
French diplomat
Louis-François, duc de Boufflers
Louis-François, duke de Boufflers
French general
Forbin, detail from an engraving by L. Pierron, 17th century
Claude de Forbin
French military officer
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François-Marie, 1st duke de Broglie
French general
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Anne-Jules, 2 duke de Noailles
French duke
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François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi
French courtier
James Fitzjames, duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed, engraving, 17th century.
James Fitzjames, duke of Berwick-upon-Tweed
English noble and marshal of France
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John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.
American financier
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
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