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<small>Hierarchical Path: [[Main Page|Seven Years War (Main Page)]] &gt;&gt; [[Personalities]] &gt;&gt; {{PAGENAME}}</small> Louis de Conflans, Marquis d'Armentières French Brigadier (1734-43), Maréchal de Camp (1743-46), Lieutenant-General (1746-68), Maréchal de France (1768-74) born February 23, 1711, France died January 18, 1774, Versailles, France ==Description== [[File:Armentières.jpg|right|frame|Painting of Louis de Conflans, Marquis d'Armentières]] Louis was the son of Michel III de Conflans and of Diane Gabrielle de Jussac. In 1717, Louis inherited from his father the charge of first gentleman of the chamber to the Duc d'Orléans. In 1726, Louis joined the Mousquetaires de la Garde. On September 16 1727, at the age of 16, Louis received command of [[Aquitaine Infanterie|Anjou Infanterie]]. During the War of the Polish Succession (1733-35), Louis d'Armentières served in Italy. On May 15 1733, Louis married Adélaïde Jeanne Françoise de Bouterou d'Aubigny with whom he had three children. On September 19 1734, Louis distinguished himself and was wounded at the Battle of Guastalla (September 19, 1734). He was subsequently promoted to brigadier. In 1741, at the beginning of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] (1740-48), Louis d'Armentières campaigned in Bohemia and was at the capture of Prague. In 1742, Louis participated in the retreat of the French army from Bohemia to the Rhine, contributing to the capture of the town of Plan. In February 1743, Louis returned to France where he was promoted to ''maréchal-de-camp'' on February 20, abandoning his charge of colonel of [[Aquitaine Infanterie|Anjou Infanterie]] before joining the Army of Alsace. He took part in the action of Rhinvillers. It was then transferred to the Army of Flanders where he served under the command of the Maréchal de Saxe. In Flanders, Louis covered the sieges of Menin, Ypres and Furnes and contributed to the siege of Tournai where he remained in command during the Battle of Fontenoy (May 11, 1745). He then served under Lowendahl at the siege and capture of Ostend and Nieuport; and under the Comte de Clermont-Gallerande at the siege and capture of Ath. He later covered the siege of Namur. On May 9 1746, his wife Adélaïde Jeanne Françoise de Bouterou d'Aubigny died. On October 11 of the same year, Louis was at the Battle of Rocoux and was charged to bring the news of the victory to [[Louis XV]]. On October 14, the king promoted him to lieutenant-general. On July 2 1747, Louis d'Armentières fought in the Battle of Lauffeld before returning to command in Ath. In 1748, Louis took part in the siege of Maastricht. After the capture of the fortress, he returned to Ath until February 27 1749 when the city was retroceded to Austria. On January 1 1753, Louis d'Armentières was received as knight in the ''Ordre du Saint-Esprit''. In 1757, during the Seven Years' War, Louis d'Armentières initially took part in the [[1757 - French invasion of Hanover|conquest of Hanover]]. At the end of April, [[Estrées, Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Comte d'|d'Estrées]] confided him the blockade and siege of Geldern. At the beginning of May, he took the last measures for the blockade which was then confided to Beausobre. In mid-June, when the [[Soubise, Charles de Rohan, prince de|Prince de Soubise]] was suddenly recalled to Paris, d'Armentières assumed command of part of the Reserve and marched on Paderborn. He then covered the right flank of the army during its advance. On July 8, his corps passed the Weser and occupied the Castle of Fürstenberg. By July 19, he had reached the Pass of Scharfoldendorf. and, on July 26, fought in the [[1757-07-26 - Battle of Hastenbeck|Battle of Hastenbeck]] where he commanded the infantry right wing. On August 8, d'Armentières was recalled to the main army with his corps. The [[Richelieu, Louis François Armand du Plessis, Duc de|Duc de Richelieu]] then gave him command of [[Broglie, Victor François, Duc de|Broglie]]'s former corps at Minden. He gradually advanced towards Bremen which he occupied on September 1. A month later, on October 1, he occupied Quedlinburg with his corps. At the beginning of December, during the [[1757 - Allied counter-offensive in Hanover|Allied counter-offensive in Hanover]], d'Armentières was instructed to retire on Halberstadt and Osterwieck. By December 30, his corps was posted at Celle. In March 1758, during the [[1758 - Allied winter offensive in Western Germany|Allied winter offensive in Western Germany]], d'Armentières was forced to interrupt his movement at Dissen and Enger. On June 23, during the [[1758 - Allied campaign on the west bank of the Rhine|Allied campaign on the west bank of the Rhine]], d'Armentières took part in the [[1758-06-23 - Battle of Krefeld|Battle of Krefeld]] where he assumed command of the first line of the cavalry right wing. On July 15, when Ferdinand repassed the Ersst and marched towards Neuss. The corps of the Duc d'Armentières pursued the retiring Allies but was repulsed. On August 10, as the Allies recrossed the Rhine, the Duc d'Armentières at the head of the French vanguard reached Kleve. In the following days, d'Armentières crossed the Rhine at Wesel and made a junction with the main army under the [[Contades, Louis Georges Érasme, Marquis de|Marquis de Contades]]. In October, during the [[1758 - French offensive in Westphalia|French offensive in Westphalia]], d'Armentières advanced on Werl and laid siege to Münster. On January 19 1759, the Marquis d'Armentières replaced Contades for the time of his sojourn at Versailles. He managed to contain the [[1759 - Allied spring offensive in Western Germany|Allied spring offensive in Western Germany]]. For the Summer campaign, d'Armentières commanded a separate corps on the Lower-Rhine. In July, he blockaded Münster. On July 9, he invested Münster. On July 25, the garrison of Münster (Lieutenant-General Zastrow at the head of 3,500 men) surrendered as prisoners of war. When the Allies under General Imhoff drew once more closer to Münster, d'Armentières, seconded by the Marquis d'Auvet and the Vicomte des Cars, assembled his troops and repulsed them at Dorstein, Recklinghausen and Lünen as they were trying to intercept a supply convoy destined to Münster. Losing hope to drive the Allies back, d'Armentières finally took measures to obtain a honourable capitulation for the garrison of Münster. In October, during the [[1759 - Allied counter-offensive in Western Germany|Allied counter-offensive in Western Germany]], he retired towards the Rhine. On December 27, d'Armentières quitted the Army of the Lower Rhine, leaving effective command to de Muy. At the end of 1760, d'Armentières returned to France. In 1761, d'Armentières was appointed commander of the ''Trois Évêchés'' (Metz, Toul and Verdun). On January 2 1768, Louis Marquis d'Armentières was promoted to ''maréchal de France''. In 1770, Louis married Marie-Charlotte de Senneterre with whom he had one child. On January 18 1774, Louis d'Armentières died of apoplexy at Versailles. ==References== This article incorporates translated texts from the articles: *"Louis de Conflans d'Armentières" in the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/ French Wikipedia] *"Louis de Brienne de Conflans d'Armentières" in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/ English Wikipedia] '''Other sources''' La Roque, Louis de: ''Catalogue historique des généraux français: connétables, maréchaux de France, lieutenants généraux, maréchaux de camp ...'', Paris, 1896, p. 211 N.B.: the section on the Seven Years' War is mostly derived from our articles depicting the various campaigns, battles and sieges. [[Category:Personality]]

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