Charles-Pierre-Gaston François de Lévis, duc de Lévis-Mirepoix

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Gaston Charles Pierre de Lévis de Mirepoix
Gaston Charles Pierre de Lévis de Mirepoix

Charles-Pierre-Gaston-François de Lévis, duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (1699 - 1757), maréchal de France (1757) and ambassador of Louis XV was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.

The chef de cuisine of the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix established the sautéed three vegetables that served as a basis for his culinary art, as a mirepoix in honor of his patron.