Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

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French nobleman human marshal of France military commander

Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, was a renowned 17th-century French marshal and one of France’s greatest military commanders, celebrated for his strategic brilliance in the Thirty Years’ War and subsequent conflicts.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne 0 5
Turenne 0 3
Vicomte de Turenne 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman →
human →
marshal of France →
military commander →
allegiance Kingdom of France →
birthDate 1611-09-11 →
birthPlace Principality of Sedan →
Sedan →
causeOfDeath killed in action →
countryOfCitizenship France →
deathDate 1675-07-27 →
deathPlace Baden →
Sasbach →
describedAs one of France’s greatest military commanders →
era 17th century →
familyName Louis Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne →
surface form: de la Tour d’Auvergne
father Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon →
givenName Henri →
honouredIn French military historiography →
knownFor loyalty to the French crown after the Fronde →
operational maneuver warfare →
strategic brilliance →
mannerOfDeath death by artillery shot →
memorial tomb at Les Invalides, Paris →
militaryBranch French Army →
militaryRank Maréchal de France →
surface form: Marshal of France
mother Louise Juliana of Nassau →
surface form: Élisabeth of Nassau
movement French military reform of the 17th century →
nobleTitle Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Vicomte de Turenne
notableWork Battle of Turckheim (1675) →
Battle of Zusmarshausen (1648) →
Battle of the Dunes (1658) →
Winter campaign of 1674–1675 in Alsace →
campaigns in the Franco-Dutch War →
campaigns in the Franco-Spanish War →
command in the Thirty Years’ War →
participantIn Franco-Dutch War →
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) →
Thirty Years' War →
surface form: Thirty Years’ War

Fronde →
surface form: the Fronde
placeOfBurial Basilica of Saint-Denis →
Les Invalides, Paris →
surface form: Les Invalides
positionHeld Maréchal de France →
surface form: Marshal of France
religion Roman Catholicism →
servedUnder Cardinal Mazarin →
Cardinal Richelieu →
King Louis XIII →
surface form: Louis XIII of France

Louis XIV of France →
sibling Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d’Auvergne →

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Les Invalides, Paris → burialPlaceOf → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
subject surface form: Les Invalides
this entity surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Siege of Lille (1667) → commander → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Siege of Tournai (1667) → commander → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Corrèze department → contains → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
subject surface form: Corrèze
this entity surface form: Turenne
Devolution War → hasCommander → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) → hasCommander → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Turenne
War of Devolution → hasCommander → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne
Franco-Dutch War → hasParticipant → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne → nobleTitle → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Vicomte de Turenne
Maréchal de France → notableHolder → Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne →
this entity surface form: Turenne