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See also:CHOISEUL, CESAR , Duc DE (1602–1675), See also:French See also:marshal and diplomatist, generally known for the best See also:part of his See also:life , as the marshal du Plessis-Praslin, came of the old French See also:family of Choiseul, which arose in the valley of the Upper See also:Marne in the loth See also:century and divided into many branches, three of the names of which, See also:Hostel, Praslin and du Plessis, were See also:borne, at one See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time or another, by the subject of this See also:article. Entering the See also:army at the See also:age of fourteen as proprietary See also:colonel of an See also:infantry See also:regiment, he shared in almost all the exploits of the French arms during the reign of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIII. He took part in the See also:siege of La Rochelle, assisted to defend the See also:island of Re against the attacks of the See also:English under the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham, and accompanied the French forces to See also:Italy in 1629. In 1630 he was appointed See also:ambassador at the See also:court of the duke of See also:Savoy, and was engaged in See also:diplomatic and administrative See also:work in Italy until 1635, when See also:war was declared between See also:France and See also:Spain. In the war that followed Plessis-Praslin distinguished himself in various battles and sieges in Italy, including the See also:action called the " Route de Quiers " and the celebrated four-cornered operations See also:round See also:Turin. In 164o he was made See also:governor of Turin, and in 1642 See also:lieutenant-See also:general, and after further service in Italy he was made a marshal of France (1645) and appointed second in command in See also:Catalonia. During the first War of the See also:Fronde, which See also:broke out in 1649, he assisted See also:Conde in the brief siege of See also:Paris; and in the second war, remaining loyal to the See also:queen See also:regent and the court party, he won his greatest See also:triumph in defeating See also:Turenne and the allied Spaniards and rebels at See also:Rethel (or See also:Blanc-Champ) in 165o. He then held highoffice at the court of Louis XIV., became See also:minister of See also:state in 1652, and in See also:November 1665 was created duc de Choiseul. He was concerned in some of the negotiations between Louis and See also:Charles II. of See also:England which led to the treaty of See also:Dover, and died in Paris on the 23rd of See also:December 1675.
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