Louis Marie de Lescure

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Louis Marie de Lescure was a French royalist noble and military leader best known for his prominent role commanding Catholic and royalist forces during the War in the Vendée against the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noble
counter-revolutionary
human
royalist military leader
allegiance Catholic and Royal Army NERFINISHED
French royalists
associatedWith Catholic and royalist forces in western France
battle Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte NERFINISHED
Battle of Saumur NERFINISHED
Battle of Thouars NERFINISHED
Battle of Torfou NERFINISHED
birthDate 1766-10-13
birthPlace Versailles, France NERFINISHED
burialPlace Saint Aubin-de-Baubigné, France NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath wounds received in battle
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
deathDate 1793-11-04
deathPlace La Tremblaye, France NERFINISHED
education Collège du Plessis NERFINISHED
Sorbonne NERFINISHED
era French Revolution NERFINISHED
familyName de Lescure NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
Marie NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod late 18th century
ideologicallyOpposedTo republicanism
knownAs “saint of Poitou”
languageSpoken French
militaryBranch royalist insurgent forces
militaryConflict War in the Vendée NERFINISHED
militaryRank commander
movement French royalism
name Louis Marie de Lescure NERFINISHED
nobleTitle marquis
notableFor leadership in the War in the Vendée
opposedTo French Revolution NERFINISHED
parent Louis César de Lescure NERFINISHED
Marie Anne de La Rochefoucauld NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology monarchism
regionOfActivity Poitou NERFINISHED
Vendée NERFINISHED
relative Henri de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
socialClass French aristocracy
spouse Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein NERFINISHED

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Vendée uprising commander Louis Marie de Lescure