Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, commonly known as Turenne[ty.ʁɛn], 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.
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon was ruler of the independent principality of Sedan, and a general in the French royal army.
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France.
La Tour d'Auvergne was a noble French dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last large fiefs acquired by the French crown, the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne, for about half a century. Its cadet branch, extinct in 1802, ruled the duchy of Bouillon in the Southern Netherlands from 1594, and held the dukedoms of Albret and Château-Thierry in the peerage of France since 1660. The name was also borne by Philippe d'Auvergne, an alleged collateral of the original Counts of Auvergne, and was adopted by the famous soldier Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, who descended from an illegitimate line of the family.
Louise of Lorraine was a French noblewoman and member of the House of Lorraine. She married into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne and was Duchess of Bouillon. At court she was associated with the princesses combinées.
Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon was a French prelate and diplomat.
The Battle of La Marfée, also known as the Battle of Sedan, took place on 6 July 1641, during the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War, a related conflict of the Thirty Years War.
Maria Karolina Sobieska was a Polish noblewoman, daughter of Jakub Ludwik Sobieski. Known as Marie Charlotte or only Charlotte, she was the Princess of Turenne and later Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Charlotte was the last surviving member of the House of Sobieski.
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French nobleman and ruler of the Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini. He married four times and had eleven children.
Frédéric Maurice Casimir de La Tour d'Auvergne styled Prince of Turenne, was the eldest surviving son of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730). He died aged 20. He was the short-lived son-in-law of James Louis Sobieski.
Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Sovereign Dukes of Bouillon. He was subsequently the penultimate Duke of Bouillon succeeding his father in 1771.
Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the sovereign dukes of Bouillon. He was the last Duke of Bouillon succeeding his father in 1792.
Marie Armande de La Trémoille was a French noblewoman and The Princess of Turenne by marriage.
There have been duchesses of Bouillon, in present-day Belgium, since the tenth century.
Charlotte de La Marck was a ruling Princess of Sedan and a Duchess of Bouillon in her own right between 1588 and 1594. Her titles and the principality of Sedan passed in to the House of La Tour d'Auvergne through her marriage without issue.
Princess Hedwig of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg was a German princess and Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. She is sometimes known as Marie Hedwige.
Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon was a French nobleman and member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of the most important families in France at the time. He married Marie Anne Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin and had seven children.
Turenne is both a surname, and the seat of various titles of nobility, which therefore end with "de Turenne".
Events from the year 1623 in France.
Guillaume-Robert de La Marck was a French Protestant prince, duke and military commander. With the early death of his father Henri-Robert de La Marck in 1574 the 11 year old resided at his families Principality of Sedan under the regency of Françoise de Bourbon-Vendôme. When the regency expired in 1584 he allowed Sedan to become a nucleus for Protestant forces in their conflict with the Catholic League, leading attacks against Guise at Daigny.
