Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay
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Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay (1650 – 14 November 1715) was a French
military officer in the service of Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession
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Born in
duc de Villeroy
, at the head of the cavalry and the dragoons.
On 23 July 1704 Philip V granted Maître the dignity of Marquis de Bay and Captain-General of
Knight of the Golden Fleece
by the King of Spain, a title gazetted in France on 10 December 1707, and was named Viceroy of Extremadura. Maître led the Spanish armies at the
Battle of La Gudina on 7 May 1709, defeating a combined Anglo-Portuguese force, and commanded at the Battle of Saragossa on 20 August 1710. He suffered a severe defeat at Saragossa, and in October 1712 was forced to withdraw after an attempt to storm Campo Maior
failed in the face of strong Portuguese resistance.
Maître died at Badajoz on 14 November 1715.
References
- Courcelles, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre (1821). Au Bureau général de la noblesse de France (ed.). Dictionnaire universel de la noblesse de France (in French). Vol. 4. Paris. p. 428.
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