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
Treaty of Baden (1714)
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The Treaty of Baden, signed 7 September 1714 in Baden, Switzerland, made peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire. Together with the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt, it was one in a series of ag
The emissaries of the peace congress of Baden on 7 September 1714; Marshall Villars on the far left, Prince Eugene on the far right, by Johann Rudolf Huber, oil on canvas, 1714.