Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle explained

Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Birth Date:19 September 1693
Birth Place:Agde, Kingdom of France
Death Place:Colle dell'Assietta, Sardinia
Relations:Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (brother)
Branch:French Royal Army
Serviceyears:1707–1747
Rank:Lieutenant général des armées
Commands:Army of Piedmont
Battles:War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Polish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
Awards:Order of Saint Louis
Laterwork:diplomat
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Chevalier de Belle-Isle
Full Name:Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Spouse:never married
Issue:no issue
Father:Louis Fouquet, Marquis of Belle-Isle
Mother:Catherine Agnès de Lévis
Birth Date:19 September 1693
Birth Place:Agde, France
Death Place:Colle dell'Assietta, Sardinia
Death Date:19 July 1747 (aged 53)
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Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle, (19 September 1693 in Agde – 19 July 1747 at the Battle of Assietta) was a French general and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle.

He served as a junior officer in the War of the Spanish Succession and as brigadier in the campaign of 1734 on the Rhine and Moselle, where he won the grade of Maréchal de camp. He was employed under his brother in political missions in Bavaria and in Swabia in 1741–1742, became a lieutenant-general, fought in Bohemia, Bavaria and the Rhine countries in 1742–1743, and was arrested and sent to England with the marshal in 1744. On his release he was given a command in the Army of Piedmont, and troops under his command reinforced the beleaguered city of Antibes during the 1746-7 siege, preventing its fall to the Austrians.[1] Belle-Isle ultimately was killed at the Battle of Assietta on 19 July 1747.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tisserand, Eugène . Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution . 1876 . Éditions des Régionalismes . 305–8 . 978-2-8240-0609-3.