War of the Camisards
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The War of the Camisards or the Cévennes War was an uprising of Protestant peasants known as Camisards in the Cévennes and Languedoc during the reign of Louis XIV. The uprising was a response to the Edict of Fountainebleu in 1685.
L'Assemblée surprise, painting by Karl Girardet, 1842.
Louis XIV of France, Sun King
Abbot François de Langlade du Chayla.
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