Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV. He was one of only six Mar
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1704
The Battle of Denain by Jean Alaux, 1839. Villars winning his most important victory at the Battle of Denain in 1712
Coat of Arms of duc de Villars in Vaux-le-Vicomte castle
War of the Polish Succession
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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 powe
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars
…Dubois, and only the memories of Montmorency's rebellion prevented his being made constable of France. He took the field for the last time in the War of the Polish Succession (1734), with the title marshal-general of the king's armies, that Turenne had held before him. But he was over eighty years old at this point, and after…
Augustus II; his death in February 1733 sparked the war
Stanisław Leszczyński, painting by Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Augustus III of Poland, painting by Louis de Silvestre
French Royal Army fusiliers as they dressed in 1735