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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne

1611 - 1675

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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne (French: [tyʁɛn]), was a French general and one of only six marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family, his military exploits over his five-decade career earned him a reputation as one of the greatest military commanders in history. Born to a Huguenot family, the son of a Marshal of France, he was introduced to the art of war at a young age. He first served as a volunteer in the Dutch States Army under the orders of his maternal uncles Maurice of Nassau and Frederick Henry before pursuing his career in the service of France, where his noble origins and proven qualities soon saw him rise to the top of the military hierarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne is the 182nd most popular military personnel (up from 202nd in 2019), the 605th most popular biography from France (up from 624th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 182 out of 2,058. Before her are Maurice de Saxe, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Pittacus of Mytilene, Giovanni Giustiniani, Józef Poniatowski, and Michiel de Ruyter. After her are Ernst Busch, Alois Brunner, Joachim Peiper, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, and Felix Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 6. Before her are Pope Innocent XI, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Evliya Çelebi, Chongzhen Emperor, and Johannes Hevelius. After her are Safi of Persia, John Pell, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Carlo Rainaldi. Among people deceased in 1675, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 2. Before her is Johannes Vermeer. After her are Gerrit Dou, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, James Gregory, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Thomas Willis, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and Leopoldo de' Medici.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 605 out of 6,770. Before her are Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Blanche Monnier (1849), Hector Malot (1830), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), René of Anjou (1409), and Édouard Lalo (1823). After her are Nadia Boulanger (1887), William Wyler (1902), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Claude Chabrol (1930), and Marcel Mauss (1872).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne ranks 19. Before her are André Masséna (1758), Joseph Joffre (1852), Jean Lannes (1769), Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045). After her are Jacques MacDonald (1765), Syagrius (430), Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), Auguste de Marmont (1774), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), and Maurice Gamelin (1872).

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