Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

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Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban was a 17th-century French military engineer and Marshal of France, renowned for revolutionizing fortification design and siege warfare under Louis XIV.

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Marshall Sebastien de Vauban 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman
Marshal of France
human
military engineer
allegiance Kingdom of France
appointedBy Louis XIV of France
architecturalStyle bastion fort
star fort
birthDate 1633-05-01
birthPlace Burgundy
Kingdom of France
Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1707-03-30
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
employer Kingdom of France
Louis XIV of France
era 17th century
early 18th century
familyName Le Prestre de Vauban
fieldOfWork fortification
military engineering
siege warfare
fullName Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban self-link
givenName Sébastien
hasWorkRecognizedAs UNESCO World Heritage Site
honouredIn Historic Fortified City of Briançon
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Fortifications of Vauban"
influenced 18th-century fortification design
European military engineering in the 17th century
languageOfWorkOrName French
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank Marshal of France
notableFor designing and improving numerous French fortresses
developing the bastioned trace system known as the "pré carré"
reforming fortification design in France
standardizing siege warfare techniques
notableIdea concept of a double line of fortresses (pré carré) on France's northern frontier
standardized rules for attack and defense of fortified places
systematic siege parallels and trenches
notableWork Arras
surface form: fortifications of Arras

fortifications of Bayonne
Citadel of Besançon
surface form: fortifications of Besançon

Historic Fortified City of Briançon
surface form: fortifications of Briançon

fortifications of Dunkirk
fortifications of Lille
fortifications of Luxembourg City
fortifications of Mont-Dauphin
citadel of Namur
surface form: fortifications of Namur

fortifications of Neuf-Brisach
fortifications of Perpignan
fortifications of Saint-Martin-de-Ré
fortifications of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
Barrage Vauban
surface form: fortifications of Strasbourg
participatedIn Franco-Dutch War
Nine Years' War
War of the Reunions
War of the Spanish Succession
positionHeld grand maître de l’artillerie de France
surface form: Commissioner General of Fortifications of France
religion Roman Catholicism

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siege of Maastricht (1673) attackerCommander Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Les Invalides, Paris burialPlaceOf Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
subject surface form: Les Invalides
Siege of Lille (1667) commander Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Siege of Namur (1692) commander Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Siege of Tournai (1667) commander Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
siege of Maastricht (1673) commander Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Hôtel des Invalides containsTombOf Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Lac de Saint-Ferréol designedBy Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
this entity surface form: Marshall Sebastien de Vauban
Barrage Vauban designer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Historic Fortified City of Briançon designer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Siege of Namur (1692) engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Longwy fortifiedBy Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban fullName Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban self-link
Barrage Vauban namedAfter Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban