François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, commonly known as Luxembourg, and nicknamed "The Upholsterer of Notre-Dame", was a French general and Marshal of France. A comrade an
Le Duc de Piney-Luxembourg
Dutch engraving of Montmorency; in the background his troops massacre Dutch civilians
Battle of Landen
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The Battle of Landen, also known as Battle of Neerwinden took place on 29 July 1693, during the Nine Years' War near Landen, then in the Spanish Netherlands, now part of Belgium. A French army under M
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
…a surprise attack of William at Steenkerque in 1692. On 29 July 1693, Luxembourg won the most famous of his battles over his eternal adversary at Neerwinden, after which he was called "Le Tapissier de Nôtre Dame" (The Upholsterer of Notre Dame) due to the number of captured enemy flags that he sent to the…
William III leading a cavalry charge at the battle
William of Orange, by Godfrey Kneller.
Dutch depiction and description of the battle by Romeyn de Hooghe and Carel Allard.