Victor de Faÿ, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg |
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Born | 22 May 1768 Château de La Motte, Galaure |
Died |
11 November 1850 (aged 82) Dammarie-lès-Lys, Île-de-France |
Allegiance | France |
Service/branch | Army |
Rank |
Général de division (Major-General) |
Unit | French Royal Horse Guards |
Commands held | IV Reserve Cavalry Corps (Brig.); I Cavalry Corps (Maj-Gen.) |
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Wife: Petronella-Jacoba, dau of General Albert van Rijssel Brothers: Charles-César de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg;Juste-Charles de Faÿ de La Tour-Maubourg |
Other work | Ambassadeur de France |
Wife: Petronella-Jacoba, dau of General Albert van Rijssel
Marie-Victor-Nicolas de Faÿ, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg (22 May 1768 at Château de La Motte-de-Galaure, near Grenoble – 11 November 1850 at Dammarie-lès-Lys, Île-de-France) was a French cavalry military commander under France's Ancien Régime before rising to prominence during the First French Empire.
Under the Restoration, he served as a diplomat and parliamentarian; after being created a Marquis, he was also briefly in government as Minister of War between 1819 and 1821.
Of aristocratic descent, his father was Claude-Florimond de Faÿ, comte de Coisse (1712–1790) and his mother was Marie-Françoise (1712-1793), daughter of Nicolas de Vachon, .