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Claude Louis Hector de Villars
1653May, 8

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1734)
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun (8 May 1653 – 17 June 1734) was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France. He was one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France.

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