Jean François de Bette, Marquis of Lede

Jean François de Bette, 3rd Marquess of Lede (6 December 1672 – Madrid, 11 January 1725) was a Belgian military commander in Spanish service. He was also lord of the Fiefdom of Lede in Flanders.

Born in Brussels, son of Ambroise de Bette, 2nd Marquess of Lede and Dorotea, lady of Croÿ. He served the Spanish Crown for most of his life, including as Commander-General of Aragon and Majorca. On 31 March 1703, he became a Knight of the Golden Fleece.

He is best known for his part in the War of the Quadruple Alliance, when he commanded the Spanish troops who tried to conquer Sardinia and Sicily back from the Austrians in 1718–1719. He was victorious in the Battle of Milazzo (1718) and Battle of Francavilla (1719). The Quadruple Alliance was constituted on 2 August 1718 by Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy against the itching wishes of the Spaniards on controlling again the Kingdoms of Sardinia, Sicily, and Naples as they had in the last three centuries before the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt.

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