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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

1712 - 1759

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Lieutenant-General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf də mɔ̃kalm ɡozɔ̃]; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French Royal Army officer best known for his unsuccessful defence of New France during the French and Indian War. Montcalm was born in Vestric-et-Candiac near Nîmes to an aristocratic family, and joined the French army at a young age. He served in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, where his service resulted in a promotion to brigadier general. In 1756, King Louis XV sent him to New France to lead its defence against the British in the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm is the 872nd most popular military personnel (down from 744th in 2019), the 2,300th most popular biography from France (down from 1,989th in 2019) and the 88th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 872 out of 2,058. Before him are Peithon, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Radko Dimitriev, Alexey Kaledin, Joseph Dunford, and Julius Jacob von Haynau. After him are Woodes Rogers, Janko Bobetko, Jang Bogo, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Artabazos I of Phrygia, and Jukums Vācietis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 12. Before him are Francesco Guardi, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Tokugawa Ieshige, Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, and George Grenville. After him are Francesco Algarotti, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, John Stanley, James Steuart, and Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1759, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 10. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Anton Wilhelm Amo. After him are Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Sedjefakare, James Wolfe, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Alamgir II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 2,300 out of 6,770. Before him are Just Jaeckin (1940), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), Philip II, Count of Nevers (1389), Jacques Charrier (1936), Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), and Hervé Renard (1968). After him are Boniface, Count of Savoy (1244), Charles Renouvier (1815), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), Léon Duguit (1859), Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812), and Albert Lamorisse (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm ranks 88. Before him are Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769), William Iron Arm (1010), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), and Marcellin Marbot (1782). After him are Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), François Étienne de Kellermann (1770), Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy (1571), Dominique Vandamme (1770), Adolphe Marbot (1781), and Aimable Pélissier (1794).

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