Antoine V. de Gramont

V. Antoine de Gramont (* January 1671 at Château de Gramont, Viellenave -sur- Bidouze, Basse- Navarre, † September 16, 1725 ) was a French officer, commander and diplomat. He was Duke of Guiche, 4th Duke of Gramont and since 1724 Maréchal de France.

He was the son of Antoine -Charles de Gramont the 3rd Duke of Gramont. His military career began when he entered at the age of thirteen years in the royal musketeers. On March 13, 1687, he married Marie Christine de Noailles ( 1672-1748 ), daughter of Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Nouailles.

In 1688 he participated in the siege of Philipsburg, where he accepted the offer of surrender of the besieged. He fought in the Battle of Walcourt in which his horse was shot under him, and he at the Battle of Fleurus ( 1690), in Liège, at the Battle of Leuze, the siege of Namur, in Tongeren, the siege of Huy ( Belgium), the Battle of Neerwinden, and the siege of Charleroi ( 1693). In 1694 he was promoted to Maréchal de camp.

In 1696 he was in the service of Marshal Nicolas de Catinat, and of Louis- François Maréchal de Boufflers. In 1702 he was appointed Colonel General des Dragons and sent in 1705 as ambassador to Philip V of Spain. 1706 he participated in the Battle of Ramillies in part, was at the siege of Lille (1708 ) for the garrison of the fort, took part in the Battle of Ramillies, and was wounded at the Battle of Malplaquet.

In 1712 he became lieutenant général at Bayonne and lieutenant général and governor of Navarre and Béarn. In 1713 he fought at the siege of Landau. In 1715 he became a member of the Military Council, which was established during the time of the Regency. Upon the death of his father in 1720, he inherited it as Duc de Gramont.

He was one of the eight directors of the Compagnie française des Indes orientales ( French Far-Eastern India Company ).

From 1704 to 1717 he was " Colonel General des Gardes Françaises - »

In 1724 he was appointed Marshal of France and died a year later at his castle.