Allegiance Kingdom of France Name Philippe de Rank Marshal of France | Years of service 1687–1752 Died September 14, 1752 | |
Born 15 February 1687
Paris, France ( 1687-02-15 ) Service/branch Marquis de La Fare
Conte of Laugere
Lieutenant General to the Government of Languedoc (1718)
Gouvernor of the chateau and city of Ales
Ambassador of Spain
Lieutenant General of Upper Brittany and Conte of Nantois (1738)
Chevalier d'Honneur of Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain
Governor of Gravelines and of Ales
Chevalier d'honneur of the Dauphine Marie-Josephe de Saxe Commands held Regiment d'Auvergne
Regiment de Normandie
Commander in chief of Regiment de Languedoc (1724) | ||
Philippe-Charles de La Fare, or Marquis de La Fare, 4th Marquis of Monclar, Conte of Laugeres,)15 February 1687 – 14 September 1752 in Paris), was a Marshal of France.
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Early life
La Fare, born on 15 February 1687, was the eldest son of Charles Auguste de la Fare, captain of the King's guards of Philippe de France (1640–1701), and Louise-Jeanne de Lux de Ventelet (1667–1691). He was the brother of Etienne Joseph de La Fare, Bishop of Laon, and the cousin of cardinals Anne Louis Henri de La Fare and Francois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis.
Musketeer (1701–1702)
In 1701, the war of the Spanish succession began. The war opposed from 1701 to 1714, Louis XIV's France, allied to Bavaria and the electorate of Cologne, to the rest of Europe : Great Britain, Holland, Austria, Prussia, Hanover, Portugal and Savoie.
Philippe Charles was 14 years of age, and on 26 March 1693 became a musketeer of the King by Philippe I, Duke of Orleans and Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine.
Regiment du Roi (1703)
He was named sous-lieutenant to the Regiment du Roi, and was involved in the taking of Breisach by the Duke of Bourgogne, on 6 September 1703. As lieutenant, he is present at the Battle of Speyerbach won by Marshal Tallard, and participated in the taking of Landau.
Regiment d'Auvergne (1704)
Philippe Charles de La Fare campaigned with the army of Moselle as ensign of the colonelle compagnie of the Regiment du Roi. He became captain in the same regiment.
He passed the beginning of 1704 in Italy, and acceded to the command of the regiment d'Auvergne in April 1704, after the dismissal of the Vicomte of Poudenx.
Under Marechal Louis-Joseph de Vendome
The friend of his father, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendome, was one of the last leaders of war in the Kingdom of France. He wanted to mount a surprise assault on the strong fortifications of Vercelli, but the detachment to this expedition arrives too late and the project is aborted.
La Fare then followed the Marshal Vendome who places a siege around Ivrea. Despite the courage of the defenders, because of lack of aid, the city surrendered. Vendome and La Fare, after this siege, begin a siege on Verrue.
The Duke of Savoie after these defeats was in a precarious situation. La Fare was also present at the siege of Mirandola. He has an important role to play in all the military affairs engaged by the army in Italy.
Death
La Fare died on 14 September 1752 in Paris.