François Annibal d'Estrées

François- Annibal d' Estrées, duc d' Estrées (* 1573, † May 5, 1670 in Paris) was a French diplomat and military, Marshal of France.

Life

François- Annibal was the son of Antoine d' Estrées and brother of Gabrielle d' Estrées, mistress of Henry IV He had already in 1594 the diocese of Noyon received when he, his inclination following, under the name of marquis de Coeuvres the army went, in which he soon rose to lieutenant general.

Under Maria de Medici, he was used to several diplomatic missions; In 1624, he was given command of the united forces of France, Venice and Savoy, to withdraw the strategically important area of the Three Leagues of the control of Austria and Spain ( → Grisons turmoil ). With amplification by mercenaries from the Confederation and the Three Leagues, he conquered until spring 1625 first the area now Grisons Grisons, and then the subject territories Bormio, Valtellina and Chiavenna. For this successful campaign, he received in 1626 received the marshal's baton. 1630 Mantua he tried to snatch the Imperial, but had to capitulate and received the command of the Army of the Rhine, at whose head he took in 1632 Trier.

From 1636 to 1648 he was envoy extraordinary in Rome. On the accession of Louis XIV the Marquisat Coeuvres the Duchy Estrées was collected and François- Annibal appointed Governor of Ile de France and of Soissons. He died on May 5, 1670 in Paris, leaving behind his work Mémoires de la Marie de Médicis de régence (Paris 1666).

His son, Jean II d' Estrées, who in 1681 also became Marshal of France; whose son Victor- Marie d' Estrées received the marshal's baton in 1703.

• Marshal of France
• Roman Catholic Bishop ( 16th Century)
• Estrées
• Frenchman
• Born in 1573
• Died in 1670
• Man