Bouillon, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de (frādārēk` mōrēs` də lä t
r dōvĕr`nyə dük də byôN`), c.1605–1652, French general; son of Henri de Bouillon. Brought up a Protestant, he campaigned in Holland under his uncle Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Nassau (môr`ĭs, năs`ô)
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1635 he entered the service of France. He rebelled against Cardinal Richelieu Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de (Cardinal Richelieu)
..... Click the link for more information. in 1641, but after a reconciliation he was given command (1642) of the French forces in Italy. Soon afterward he was arrested in the Cinq Mars Cinq Mars, Henri Coëffier Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de
..... Click the link for more information. conspiracy and, in return for pardon, ceded to France the sovereign principality of Sedan, which his family had held. He embraced Roman Catholicism, went to Rome, and commanded the papal troops. In 1649 he returned to France and took part in the Fronde Fronde (frôNd), 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of
..... Click the link for more information. on the side of the princes. In 1651, however, he submitted and exchanged Sedan and Rocourt, which he then held as fiefs, for other territories.
r dōvĕr`nyə dük də byôN`), c.1605–1652, French general; son of Henri de Bouillon. Brought up a Protestant, he campaigned in Holland under his uncle Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Nassau (môr`ĭs, năs`ô)..... Click the link for more information. . In 1635 he entered the service of France. He rebelled against Cardinal Richelieu Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de (Cardinal Richelieu)
..... Click the link for more information. in 1641, but after a reconciliation he was given command (1642) of the French forces in Italy. Soon afterward he was arrested in the Cinq Mars Cinq Mars, Henri Coëffier Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de
..... Click the link for more information. conspiracy and, in return for pardon, ceded to France the sovereign principality of Sedan, which his family had held. He embraced Roman Catholicism, went to Rome, and commanded the papal troops. In 1649 he returned to France and took part in the Fronde Fronde (frôNd), 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of
..... Click the link for more information. on the side of the princes. In 1651, however, he submitted and exchanged Sedan and Rocourt, which he then held as fiefs, for other territories.
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