Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne (1605-1652)


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Name (English): Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne
Short name: Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d´Auvergne
Year of birth: 1605
Year of death: 1652
Short Description: "Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d´Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (22 October 1605 – 9 August 1652) was ruler of the independent principality of Sedan, and a general in the French royal army. Born in Sedan, Ardennes, he was the son of Henri de La Tour d´Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Prince of Sedan, and Elisabeth of Orange-Nassau. His brother was the renowned Turenne, Marshal of France. Raised as a Protestant, he received a military education in Holland under his uncles, Maurice of Nassau-Orange, and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.

He became Duke of Bouillon, and Prince of Sedan, Jametz, and Raucourt (now in Ardennes, France) at the death of his father in 1623. He was appointed governor of Maastricht in the United Provinces in 1629. In 1634 he married Countess Eleonora van Berg´s-Heerenberg, under whose influence he converted to Catholicism." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)
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[Last update: 2020/12/21]