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Claude de Choiseul
Marquis of Francières
Count of Choiseul
Marquis Claude de Choiseul-Francières
Portrait by Pierre Mignard, 17th century
Born 1 January 1632
Langres, France
Died 15 March 1711(1711-03-15) (aged 79)
Paris, France
Buried Père Lachaise Cemetery
Spouse(s) Catherine de Renty (m. 1658)
Father Louis de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières
Mother Catherine de Nicey
Military career
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  •  Kingdom of France
Rank Marshal of France
Wars
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  • Order of the Holy Spirit
  • Order of Saint Michael

Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières (1 January 1632 – 15 March 1711) was count of Choiseul, marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre, and a Marshal of France beginning in 1693.

Claude de Choiseul-Francières was the son of Louis de Francières, baron and later Marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre and of Catherine de Nicey.

He distinguished himself in the Battle of Seneffe against the Dutch Republic and later fought at the Battle of Ortenbach. He was brigadier in 1667, Maréchal de camp in 1669, Lieutenant-general in 1676 and finally Marshal of France in 1693.

On 5 May 1658 he married Catherine (died 17 October 1710), daughter of Gaston de Renty, baron of Landelles. He was buried in the church of the Order of Picpus (57, rue de Picpus).[1] His remains were rediscovered in 1860 and reburied in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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