Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle was a French general and statesman.
Portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour exhibited at the Salon of 1748
The Duke of Belle-Isle by an unknown artist.
The opera house of Metz, built during the dukedom of Belle-Isle over the city.
War of the Polish Succession
The War of the Polish Succession was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests. France and Spain, the two Bourbon powers, tested the power of the Austrian Habsburgs in Western Europe, as did the Kingdom of Prussia, whilst Saxony and Russia mobilized to support the eventual victor. The fighting in Poland–Lithuania resulted in the accession of Augustus III, who in addition to Russia and Saxony, was politically supported by the Habsburgs.
Stanislaus I Leszczyński, painting by Jean-Marc Nattier
Augustus III of Poland, painting by Pietro Antonio Rotari
A Dutch army officer in 1725
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, 18th century engraving