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Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne (11 September 1611,
Sedan, Ardennes
– 27 July 1675) was the most illustrious member of the
La Tour d'Auvergne
family. He achieved military fame and became a
Marshal of France
. He was one of six marshals who have been made
Marshal General of France
.
Background and early career</SPAN>
The second son of
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon
, sovereign
Prince of Sedan
, ( his father Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (
titular
Duke of Bouillon
,
jure uxoris
,
comte de Montfort et Negrepelisse, vicomte de Turenne, Castillon, et Lanquais
, ) (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623) was a member of the powerful, (then
Huguenot
)
House of La Tour d'Auvergne
,
Prince of Sedan
and a
marshal of France
.)
by his second wife
Elizabeth
, daughter of
William the Silent
,
Prince of Orange
, he was born at Sedan. He received a
Huguenot
education and the usual training of a young noble of the time,
but physical infirmity, and particularly an impediment
اعاقة
of speech (which he never lost
), hampered his progress, though he showed a marked partiality for history and geography, and especial admiration of the exploits of
Alexander the Great
and
Caesar
.
After his father's death in 1623, he devoted himself to bodily exercises and in a great measure overcame his natural weakness. At the age of fourteen he went to learn war in the camp of his uncle,
Maurice of Nassau
the
Stadtholder
of
Holland
and
Prince of Orange
, and began his military career (as a private soldier in that prince's bodyguard) in the
Dutch Revolt
.
Frederick Henry of Nassau
, who succeeded his brother Maurice as Stadtholder and Prince of Orange in 1625, gave Turenne a captaincy in 1626. The young officer took his part in the siege warfare of the period, and won special commendation from his uncle (one of the foremost commanders of the time) for his skill and courage at the celebrated siege of
's-Hertogenbosch
(Bois-le-Duc) in 1629. In 1630 Turenne left the Netherlands and entered the service of France, motivated not only by the prospect of military advancement but also by his mother's desire to show the loyalty of the Bouillon dominions to the French crown.
Cardinal Richelieu
at once made him colonel of an infantry regiment. He still continued to serve at short intervals with the prince of Orange, who at the time had an alliance with France, and his first serious service under the French flag occurred at the siege of
La Mothe
in
Lorraine
by
Marshal de la Force
(1634), where his brilliant courage at the assault won him immediate promotion to the rank of
maréchal de camp
(equivalent to the modern grade of major-general). In 1635 Turenne served under
Louis de Nogaret, Cardinal de la Valette
in Lorraine and on the
Rhine
. The French and their allies raised the Imperial siege of
Mainz
(8 August 1635), but the French army had to fall back on
Metz
for want of provisions. In the retreat Turenne measured swords with the famous imperial General
Gallas
, and distinguished himself greatly by his courage and skill. The reorganised army took the field again in 1636 and captured
Saverne
(Zabern), at the storming of which place Turenne suffered a serious wound. In 1637 he took part in the campaign of
Flanders
, including the capture of
Landrecies
(26 July). In the latter part of 1638, serving under
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
(1608–1639), he directed the assault on
Breisach
(reputedly the strongest fortress on the upper
Rhine
), which surrendered on December 17. He had now gained a reputation as one of the foremost of the younger generals of France, and Richelieu next employed him in the Italian campaign of 1639–1640 under "Cadet la Perle",
Henri de Lorraine, count of Harcourt
(1601–1666). On 19 November 1639 he fought in the famous rearguard action called the battle of the "Route de Quiers", and during the winter re-victualled the citadel of
Turin
, held by the French against the forces of Prince
Thomas of Savoy
. In 1640 Harcourt saved
Casale Monferrato
and besieged Prince Thomas' forces in Turin, which meanwhile besieged in their turn another French force in the citadel. The latter held out, while Prince Thomas had to surrender on 17 September 1640, a fourth army which had invested Harcourt's lines being at the same time forced to retire. Turenne, who had by now become a lieutenant-general, played a major role in achieving the favourable result of these complicated operations. He himself commanded during the campaign of 1641 and took Coni (
Cuneo
),
Ceva
and
Mondovì
.
In 1642 he served as second-in-command of the French troops which conquered
Roussillon
. At this time Richelieu discovered the conspiracy of
Cinq Mars
in which Turenne's elder brother, the
duc de Bouillon
, had become implicated.
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