Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières
Louis de Crevant duc d’Humières | |
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Louis de Crevant, Duke of Humières | |
| Born | c. 1628 Château d'Azay-le-Ferron, Indre |
| Died | 30 August 1694 (aged 66) Versailles |
| Buried | Church of Saint Martin, Monchy-Humières |
| Allegiance | France |
| Years of service | 1648–1690 |
| Rank | Marshal of France 1668 |
| Commands | Grand Master of Artillery 1685-1694; Commander, Army of Flanders 1683-1684 and 1688-1689 |
| Battles / wars | Franco-Spanish War 1635-1659 Battle of the Dunes 1658 War of Devolution 1667-1668 Franco-Dutch War 1672-1678 Cassel 1677 War of the Reunions 1683-1684 Nine Years War 1688-1697 Walcourt 1689; Namur 1692 |
| Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit 1688 |
| Other work | Governor of French Flanders (1667-1674) Hainaut and Bourbonnais; Lille and Compiègne |
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Louis de Crévant, duc d'Humières (1628–1694) was a French nobleman of the 17th century, who became a Marshal of France in 1668 and Grand Master of Artillery in 1685.
His career allegedly benefited from connections to his maternal relatives, the Phélypeaux family, many of whom held senior positions in the government of Louis XIV and Louvois, Minister of War from 1662 to 1691. Appointed commander of French forces in Flanders at the start of the 1688-1697 Nine Years War, he was relieved of command following defeat at Walcourt in 1689. He was made a duke in April 1690 and died in 1694.