Antoine de Pas de Feuquières

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Antoine de Pas de Feuquières, (1648 - 1711), French military. Son of diplomat Isaac de Feuquières.

He stood out by his bravery in the army of Louis XIV. He served under Luxembourg, Turenne and Catinat.

It was his action which determined the Battle of Neerwinden (1693), in which he was lieutenant-general.

He was disgraced a few years later for speaking out too freely. He then wrote his memoirs on the war, on which Voltaire based himself for his "Siècle de Louis XIV".

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See the French version of Wikipedia [1]