Person

Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

French commander in the Seven Years; War

b. 1709 CE – d. 1771 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Louis de Bourbon (15 June 1709 – 16 June 1771) is a member of the cadet branch of the then reigning House of Bourbon.

He is known for leading French forces in Germany during the Seven Years' War where he takes command in 1758 following the failed French Invasion of Hanover.

He is unable to break through Ferdinand of Brunswick's Anglo-German army and captures Hanover.

He is Count of Clermont from birth.