Claude Louis Hector DE VILLARS

Family tree of Claude Louis Hector DE VILLARS

Marshal of France

FrenchBorn Claude Louis Hector DE VILLARS

Last great general of Louis XIV of France

Born on May 8, 1653 in Moulins, France , France

Died on June 17, 1734 in Turin, Italie

Family tree

Report an error

This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: Claude Louis Hector DE VILLARS (1653)

More information

Villars was born at Moulins (in the present-day département of Allier) in a noble but poor family - his father was the diplomat Pierre de Villars. He entered the French army through the corps of pages in 1671. He distinguished himself at twenty in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 during the Franco-Dutch War and after the bloody Battle of Seneffe a year later he was promoted on the field to mestre de camp (colonel) of a cavalry regiment. ...   Villars was born at Moulins (in the present-day département of Allier) in a noble but poor family - his father was the diplomat Pierre de Villars. He entered the French army through the corps of pages in 1671. He distinguished himself at twenty in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 during the Franco-Dutch War and after the bloody Battle of Seneffe a year later he was promoted on the field to mestre de camp (colonel) of a cavalry regiment.



© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0

 

Geographical origins

The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived.

Loading... An error has occured while loading the map.