Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet | |
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29th Secretary of State for War | |
In office 3 March 1758 – 26 January 1761 | |
Monarch | Louis XV |
Preceded by | Marc-René de Voyer, marquis de Paulmy |
Succeeded by | Étienne François, duc de Choiseul |
Personal details | |
Born | Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Belle-Isle, France | 22 September 1684
Died | 26 January 1761 | (aged 76)
Relations | Louis Charles Armand Fouquet (brother) |
Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit Order of the Golden Fleece |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Branch/service | French Royal Army |
Rank | Marshal of France |
Battles/wars | War of the Spanish Succession War of the Quadruple Alliance War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War |
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet | |
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The Marshal-Duke of Belle-Isle | |
Full name | Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet |
Born | 22 September 1684 Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France |
Died | 22 January 1761 (aged 76) Versailles, France |
Spouse(s) | Henriette Françoise de Durfort (May 20 1721) Marie Casimire de Béthune (1729) |
Issue | Louis Marie, comte de Gisors |
Father | Louis Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Isle |
Mother | Catherine Agnès de Lévis |
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Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (22 September 1684 – 26 January 1761) was a French general and statesman.