Guy Aldonce de Durfort, 1st Duke of Lorges

Marshal of France

1630 CE to 1702 CE

Guy Aldonce de Durfort, 1st Duke of Lorges, Marshal of France, (1630–1702) fights in the Franco-Dutch War mostly on the Rhine under his uncle Marshal Turenne, but in 1673 he is seconded to the Siege of Maastricht.

Back on the Rhine, he fights at Entzheim in 1674, at Turckheim in January 1675, and at Sasbach in July 1675, where Turenne falll. He distinguishes himself at the retreat from Sasbach and the ensuing Battle of Altenheim.

In the Nine Years' War he commands the Rhine army and takes the city and the castle of Heidelberg in 1693.

He is often mentioned in Saint-Simon's Mémoires as he was the author's father-in-law.

Created the 2nd Duke of Quintin in 1691, he is known as the 1st Duke of Lorges.

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