Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées
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Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées (2 July 1695 – 2 January 1771) was a French military commander and Marshal of France.
Biography
His father was
Victor Marie d'Estrées
.
He married twice, to Anne Catherine de Champagne La Suze, and to Adélaïde Félicité de Brûlart.
He was inspector general of the cavalry and as lieutenant general, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Fontenoy (1745)
A Marshal of France since 24 February 1757, he was commander of the armies in
Duke of Cumberland during the Invasion of Hanover
but was replaced as French commander shortly afterwards. He became Minister of State on July 2, 1758.
In 1759, following the French defeat at the Battle of Minden, he was ordered to conduct a tour of inspection of French forces in Germany.
He became a knight in the
Duc d'Estrées
in 1763 from his mother's family.
He was a Freemason from 1736.
Bibliography
- Luc-Normand Tellier, Face aux Colbert : les Le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot ... et l'avènement du libéralisme, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1987, 816 pages.Etext
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