Abraham de Fabert
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Abraham de Fabert, marquis d'Esternay (11 October 1599 – 17 May 1662) was a Marshal of France.
Biography
Fabert was the son of Abraham Fabert, seigneur de Moulins (died 1638), a famous printer who rendered great services, civil and military, to Henry IV.[1]
At the age of fourteen, Abraham de Fabert, against his father's wish,Vauban.[1]
In the 1620s, Fabert created a number of regional maps, particularly of the emerging eastern frontier from the Ardennes south through Champagne.[3]
In 1658 Fabert was made a marshal of France, being the first commoner to attain that rank.[1] He died in 1662 from a pneumonia at Sedan, where he was governor.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fabert, Abraham de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 112. This article cites:
- Histoire du maréchal de Fabert (Amsterdam, 1697)
- P. Barre, Vie de Fabert (Paris, 1752)
- A. Feillet, Le Premier Maréchal de France plébéien (Paris, 1869)
- Bourelly, Le Maréchal Fabert (Paris, 1880).
- ISBN 978-1-856-68141-4. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-230-10112-8. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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