Victor-Marie d'Estrées
| Victor Marie d'Estrées | |
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| Duke of Estrées | |
The 1710 portrait of the Maréchal d'Estrées by Largillière
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| Spouse(s) | Lucie Félicité de Noailles |
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Full name
Victor Marie d'Estrées
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| Noble family | House of Estrées |
| Father | Jean d'Estrées, Count of Estrées |
| Mother | Marie Marguerite Morin |
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30 November 1660 Hôtel d'Estrées, Paris, France |
| Died | 27 December 1737 (aged 77) Hôtel d'Estrées, Paris, France |
Victor Marie d'Estrées, Duke of Estrées count then duke (1723) of Estrées (30 November 1660, Paris – 27 December 1737, Paris) was a Marshal of France and subsequently known as the "Maréchal d'Estrées".
Son of Marshal Jean d'Estrées, Count of Estrées (1624-1707), Victor Marie began his military career in the infantry in 1676, but joined the Navy one year later. In the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678), he commanded a ship in the Battle of Tabago (3 March 1677) and fought afterwards in the Mediterranean.
At the beginning of the War of the Grand Alliance, he volunteered in the army and was wounded in the siege of Philippsburg in 1688. In 1690, he commanded 20 ships in the Battle of Beachy Head. Then, on command of Louis XIV, he took charge of the Mediterranean fleet and supported the Duke of Vendôme in the conquest of Barcelona in 1697.
In 1698, he married Lucie Félicité de Noailles (°1683), daughter of Marshal Anne Jules de Noailles, Duke of Noailles. They had no children.
At the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession, he was ordered to sail Philip V of Spain to Naples to claim the throne of the Two Sicilies.
The success of this mission earned him the title of Grandee of Spain. He received the title of Marshal of France in 1703, and commander in the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1705.
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