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Jacques Eleonor Rouxel de Grancey

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Jacques Rouxel

Jacques Eleonor Rouxel, comte de Grancey, comte de Medavy (May 31, 1655 – November 6, 1725) was a Marshal of France.

He was the grandson of Jacques Rouxel de Grancey (1605–1680), also Marshal of France.

A Cadet in the Gardes du Corps at the age of 18, he was Brigadier of the armees du Roi in 1688 and a Lieutenant General in 1702.

Principal military actions:

  • The conquest of the Franche-Comte (1674)
  • Battle of Seneffe (1674)
  • Battle of Konzer Brucke (1675), where he was wounded and taken prisoner
  • Defence of Bonn (1690)
  • Battle of Staffarda (1690)
  • Conquest of Saluzzo, Nice and Villefranche (1691)
  • Battle of Marsaglia (1693), where he was wounded.
  • Battle of Luzzara (1702)
  • Siege of Vercelli (1704)
  • Taking of Yvree (1704)
  • Battle of Cassano (1705)
  • Battle of Castiglione (1706)

    • After the war, he was named Gouverneur general of the Nivernais and Donzois and the cities of Sedan and Thionville in 1720. In 1724 he was made a Marshal of France by King Louis XV of France.

    On 12 June 1685 he married Marie-Therese Colbert, a niece of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. They had three daughters, all of whom died before Rouxel.

    References

    Jacques Eleonor Rouxel de Grancey Wikipedia
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