François-Gaston de Lévis

French noble and a Marshal of France

1719 CE to 1787 CE

François-Gaston de Lévis, Duc de Lévis (August 20, 1719 – November 20, 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, is a French noble and a Marshal of France.

He serves with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and is second-in-command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New France during the Seven Years' War.

Following the surrender of New France in 1760, he serves in Europe.

After the end of Seven Years War War he is appointed Governor of Artois in 1765, and in 1783 he is made a Marshal of France.

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