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See also:VILLEROI, See also:FRANCOIS DE NEUFVILLE , Duc DE (1644-1730), See also:French soldier, came of a See also:noble See also:family which had risen into prominence in the reign of See also:Charles IX. His See also:father See also:Nicolas de Neufville, See also:Marquis de Villeroi, See also:marshal of See also:France (1598-1685), created a See also:duke by 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 XIV., was the See also:young See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:governor, and the boy was thus brought up in See also:close relations with Louis. An intimate of the king, a finished courtier and See also:leader of society and a See also:man of See also:great See also:personal gallantry, Villeroi was marked out for See also:advancement in the See also:army, which he loved, but which had always a juster appreciation of his incapacity than Louis. In 1693, without having exercised any really important and responsible command, he was made a marshal. In 1695, when Luxembourg died, he obtained the command of the army in See also:Flanders, and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III. found him a far more complaisant opponent than the " little hunchback." In 1701 he was sent to See also:Italy to supersede See also:Catinat and was soon beaten by the inferior army of See also:Eugene at Chiari (see See also:SPANISH See also:SUCCESSION See also:WAR). In the See also:winter of 1701 he was made prisoner at the surprise of See also:Cremona, and the wits of the army made at his expense the famous See also:rhyme:
" See also:Par la faveur de Bellone, et par un See also:bonheur sans egal, Nous avons conserve Cremone--et perdu notre See also:general."
In the following years he was pitted against See also:Marlborough in
the See also:Low Countries. Marlborough's own difficulties with the Dutch and other allied commissioners, rather than Villeroi's own skill, put off. the inevitable disaster for some years, but in 1706 the duke attacked him and thoroughly defeated him at See also:Ramillies (q.v.). Louis consoled his old friend with the remark, " At our See also:age, one is no longer lucky," but superseded him in the command, and henceforward Villeroi lived the See also:life of a courtier, much busied with intrigues but retaining to the end the friendship of his See also:master. He died on the 18th of See also:July 1730 at See also:Paris.
End of Article: VILLEROI, FRANCOIS DE NEUFVILLE
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