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BONNEVAL, CLAUDE ALEXANDRE, COMTE DE (1675—1747)

BONNEVAL, See also:
CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)
CLAUDE See also:
ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)
ALEXANDRE, See also:
COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)
COMTE DE (1675—1747) , See also:

French adventurer, known also as AIIMED See also:

PASHA

PASHA, was the descendant of an old See also:

FAMILY

family of See also:

Limousin. He was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 14th of See also:

JULY

July 1675, and at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen joined the Royal Marine See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps. After three years he entered the See also:

army, in which he See also:

rose to the command of a See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment. He served in the See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns under See also:

CATINAT, NICOLAS (1637-1712)

Catinat, See also:

VILLEROI, FRANCOIS DE NEUFVILLE

Villeroi and See also:

Vendome, and in the See also:

NETHERLANDS

Netherlands under See also:

Luxemburg, giving proofs of indomitable courage and See also:

GREAT

great military ability. His insolent bearing towards the See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

war was made See also:

MATTER

matter for a See also:

court-See also:

MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial (1704). He was condemned to See also:

DEATH

death, but saved himself by See also:

FLIGHT

flight to See also:

Germany. Through the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

Prince See also:

EUGENE

Eugene he obtained a See also:

general's command in the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian army, and fought with great bravery and distinction against See also:

France, and afterwards against See also:

TURKEY

Turkey. He was See also:

PRESENT

present at See also:

MALPLAQUET

Malplaquet, and was severely wounded at See also:

PETERWARDEIN (Hung. Petervarad, Serv. Petrovaradin)

Peterwardein. The proceedings against him in France were then allowed to drop, and he visited See also:

Paris, and married a daughter of See also:

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal de See also:

BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT, BARON DE (1524-1592)

Biron. He returned, however, after a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time to the Austrian army, and fought with distinction at See also:

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade. He might now have risen to the highest See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, had he not made himself disagreeable to Prince Eugene, who sent him as See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance to the See also:

Low Countries. There his ungovernable See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper led him into a See also:

QUARREL

quarrel with the See also:

MARQUIS

marquis de See also:

PRIE, JEANNE AGNES BERTHELOT DE PLENEUF, MARQUISE DE (1698-1727)

Prie, Eugene's See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor in the Netherlands, who answered his See also:

CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge by placing him in confinement.

A court-martial was again held upon him, and he was condemned to death; but the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor commuted the See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence to one See also:

YEAR

year's imprisonment and banishment. Bonneval, soon after his See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release, offered his services to the See also:

TURKISH

Turkish See also:

government, professed the See also:

MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan faith, and took the name of Ahmed. He was made a pasha, and appointed to organize and command the See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery. He rendered valuable services to the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan in his war with See also:

Russia, and with the famous See also:

NADIR (Arabic nadir, " opposite to," used elliptically for nadir-es-semt, "opposite to the zenith ")

Nadir Shah. As a See also:

REWARD

reward he received the governorship of See also:

CHIOS

Chios, but he soon See also:

fell under the suspicion of the See also:

PORTE, THE SUBLIME (Arab. babi-'ali, the high gate, through the French translation la sublime porte)

Porte, and was banished for a time to the shores of the See also:

Black See also:

Sea. He was meditating a return to See also:

EUROPE

Europe and See also:

CHRISTIANITY

Christianity when he died at See also:

Constantinople on the 23rd of See also:

March 1747. The See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs published under his name are See also:

SPURIOUS

spurious. See Prince de Ligne, Memoire sur le comte de Bonneval (Paris, 1817) ; and A. Vandal, Le Pacha Bonneval (Paris, 1885).

End of Article: BONNEVAL, CLAUDE ALEXANDRE, COMTE DE (1675—1747)

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