Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon
| Frédéric Maruice | |
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| Duke of Bouillon | |
Portrait of Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne by Robert Nanteuil
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| Born | 22 October 1605 |
| Died | 9 August 1652 (aged 46) Pontoise |
| Burial | Évreux |
| Spouse | Eleonora Catharina Febronis, Countess of the Bergh |
| Issue |
Godefroy Maurice, duc de Bouillon Frédéric Maurice, comte d'Auvergne Emmanuel-Théodose, duc d'Albret Constantin Ignace, duc de Château-Thierry Henri Ignace, comte d'Évreux Mauricienne Fébronie, Duchess of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg Élisabeth, Duchess of Elbeuf |
| House | La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Father | Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Prince of Sedan |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Nassau |
| Religion | Protestantism |
Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (22 October 1605 – 9 August 1652) was ruler of the independent principality of Sedan, and a general in the French royal army. Born in Sedan, Ardennes, he was the son of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Prince of Sedan, and Elisabeth of Orange-Nassau. His brother was the renowned Turenne, Marshal of France. Raised as a Protestant, he received a military education in Holland under his uncles, Maurice of Nassau-Orange, and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.
He became Duke of Bouillon, and Prince of Sedan, Jametz, and Raucourt (now in Ardennes, France) at the death of his father in 1623. He was appointed governor of Maastricht in the United Provinces in 1629. In 1634 he married Countess Eleonora van Berg's-Heerenberg, under whose influence he converted to Catholicism.
In 1635 the Duke of Bouillon came into the service of King Louis XIII of France, and was appointed maréchal de camp (brigadier general). He was deprived of his offices in the United Provinces after engaging in negotiations with Spain (the arch-enemy of the United Provinces) in 1637.
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