Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg

Victor de Faÿ, marquis de La Tour-Maubourg
Born	22 May 1768 Château de La Motte, Galaure
Died	11 November 1850 (1850-11-12) (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.)
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars Battle of Alexandria (1801) battle of Austerlitz Battle of Jena-Auerstedt Battle of Heilsberg Battle of Friedland Battle of Uclés (1809) Battle of Villafranca (1809) Battle of Medellín Battle of Talavera Battle of Ocana Battle of the Gebora Battle of Albuera Battle of Usagre Battle of Borodino Battle of Bautzen Battle of Lützen (1813) Battle of Dresden Battle of Leipzig
Awards	Marquis of France Legion of Honour Order of Saint Louis Order of Malta Order of the Holy Spirit
Relations	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	Politician: Minister of Defence; Governor of Les Invalides; Peer of the Realm (Bourbon Restoration) Ambassadeur de France

Napoleonic Wars

Marquis of France

Wife: Petronella-Jacoba, dau of General Albert van Rijssel

Politician:

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, .

...
Wikipedia