See also:

• MARQUIS

MARQUIS DE See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC MANASSLS DE PAS See also:

• MARQUIS DE ISAAC MANASSLS DE PAS FEUQUIIRES (1590-1640)

FEUQUIIRES (1590-1640)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French soldier, came of a distinguished See also:

• FAMILY

family of which many members held high command in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WARS

wars of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He entered the Royal See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army at the See also:

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

age of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty, and soon achieved distinction . In 1626 he served in the Valtelline, and in 1628–1629 at the celebrated See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of La Rochelle, where he was taken prisoner . In 1629 he was made Marechal de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp, and served in the fighting on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern frontiers of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . After occupying various military positions in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, he was sent as an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador into See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, where he rendered important services in negotiations with See also:

• WALLENSTEIN (properly WALDSTEIN), ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON

Wallenstein . In 1636 he commanded the French 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 operating with the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar's forces (afterwards See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne's " Army of Weimar ") . With these troops he served in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1637 (in which he became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general), 1638 and 1639 . At the siege of Thionville (See also:

• DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)

Diedenhofen) he received a mortal See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound . His lettres inedites appeared (ed . Gallois) in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1845 . His son See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE See also:

• MANASSES, CONSTANTINE
• MANASSES, PRAYER OF

MANASSES DE PAS, See also:

• MARQUIS

Marquis de Feuquieres (1648–1711), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Paris in 1648, and entered the army at the age of eighteen . His conduct at the siege of See also:

• LILLE

Lille in 1667, where he was wounded, won him promotion to the See also:

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

rank of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain .

In the campaigns of 1672 and 1673 he served on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

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

Marshal See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg, and at the siege of Oudenarde in the following See also:

• YEAR

year the 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 gave him command of the Royal Marine See also:

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

regiment, which he held until he obtained a regiment of his own in 1676 . In 1688 he served as a brigadier at the siege of Philipsburg, and afterwards led a ravaging expedition into See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Germany, where he acquired much See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty . Promoted Marechal de Camp, he served under See also:

• CATINAT, NICOLAS (1637-1712)

Catinat against the Waldenses, and in the course of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war won the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of the " Wizard." In 1692 he made a brilliant See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Speierbach against greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior forces, and was rewarded with the rank of lieutenant-general . He See also:

• BORE

bore a distinguished See also:

• PART

part in Luxemburg's See also:

• GREAT

great victory of See also:

• NEERWINDEN

Neerwinden or See also:

• LANDEN
• LANDEN, JOHN (1719–1790)

Landen in 1693 . Marshal See also:

• VILLEROI, FRANCOIS DE NEUFVILLE

Villeroi impressed him less favourably than his old See also:

• COMMANDER

commander Luxemburg, and the resumption of war in 1701 found him in disfavour in consequence . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life, embittered bythe refusal of the marshal's See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton, he spent in compiling his celebrated See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs, which, coloured as they were by the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal animosities of the writer, were yet considered by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the Great and the soldiers of the 18th century as the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORK

work on the See also:

• ART

art of war as a whole . He died in 1711 . The Memoires sur la guerre appeared in the same year and new See also:

• EDITIONS

editions were frequently published (Paris 1711, 1725, 1735, &c., See also:

• LONDON

London 1736, See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam subsequently) . An See also:

• ENGLISH

English version appeared in London 1737, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Memoirs of the Marquis de Feuquieres, and a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation (Feuquieres geheime Nachrichten) at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig 1732, 1738, and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin 1786 . They See also:

• DEAL

deal in detail with every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the art of war and of military service .