Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun 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.
Villars winning his most important victory at the Battle of Denain
Coat of Arms of duc de Villars in Vaux-le-Vicomte castle
Siege of Mons (1709)
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The siege of Mons took place between 19 September and 23 October 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It saw a Franco-Spanish garrison in the fortified town of Mons, then in the Spanish Netherlands, besieged by a force of the Duke of Marlborough's Grand Alliance army under the command of the Prince of Orange.
A plan of the siege of Mons in 1709
The Prince of Orange, who commanded the Dutch, British and Imperial force during the siege