Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, Chevalier de Belle-Isle

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.[1]

Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
The death of the Chevalier de Belle-Isle.
Born(1693-09-19)19 September 1693
Agde, Kingdom of France
Died19 July 1747(1747-07-19) (aged 53)
Colle dell'Assietta, Sardinia
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Service/branchFrench Royal Army
Years of service1707–1747
RankLieutenant général des armées
Commands heldArmy of Piedmont
Battles/warsWar of the Spanish Succession
War of the Polish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
AwardsOrder of Saint Louis
RelationsCharles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (brother)
Other workdiplomat
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Chevalier de Belle-Isle
Full name
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
Born19 September 1693
Agde, France
Died19 July 1747 (aged 53)
Colle dell'Assietta, Sardinia
Spouse(s)never married
Issueno issue
FatherLouis Fouquet, Marquis of Belle-Isle
MotherCatherine Agnès de Lévis

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.[2] Belle-Isle ultimately was killed at the Battle of Assietta on 19 July 1747.[1]

Notes

  1. Chisholm 1911, p. 698.
  2. Tisserand, Eugène (1876). Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution. Éditions des Régionalismes. pp. 305–8. ISBN 978-2-8240-0609-3.

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