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AIGUILLON, See also:EMMANUEL ARMAND DE WIGNEROD DU PLESSIS DE See also:RICHELIEU , Duc D' (1720-1782), See also:French states-See also:man, See also:nephew of the marechal de Richelieu, was See also:born on the 31st of See also:July 1720. He entered the See also:army at the See also:age of seventeen, and at the age of nineteen was made See also:colonel of the See also:regiment of See also:Brie. He served in the See also:campaigns in See also:Italy during the See also:War of the See also:Austrian See also:Succession, was seriously wounded at the See also:siege of See also:Chateau-Dauphin (1744), was taken prisoner (1746) and was made marechal de See also:camp in 1748. His See also:marriage in 1740 with See also:Louise Felicite de Brehan, daughter of the See also:comte de Plelo, See E. Flechier, Oraison funebre de Mme. See also:Marie de Wignerod, duchesse d'Aiguillon; Bonneau-Avenant, La duchesse d'Aiguillon (1879); Mimoires de See also:Saint-See also:Simon, ed. by A. de Boislisle (1879 et seq.).

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