Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

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French nobleman Marshal of France human military engineer

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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Marshall Sebastien de Vauban 1

Statements (60)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

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 ⓘ