Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme

Louis II de Bourbon Joseph ( born July 1, 1654 Paris, † June 11, 1712 in Vinaròs, Catalonia ), often also the Great Vendôme (French: le Grand Vendôme ) called, was Duke of Vendome and Beaufort and a French general.

Family

Louis Joseph II came as a firstborn son of Duke Louis I de Bourbon, viceroy of Catalonia, and his wife Laure Mancini to the world.

Since 1710 he was with Marie -Anne ( 1678-1718 ), daughter of the Prince of Condé, Henri III. de Bourbon, married. The marriage of the two remained childless.

Life

Vendôme was born into a branch of the Bourbons, and began his military career in 1672 under Henri de La Tour d' Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne. He took part in the sieges of Cambrai and Condé, 1678 Maréchal de camp to 1681, Governor of Provence.

1688 promoted to lieutenant general Vendôme and then he fought in four campaigns against Flanders. In 1693 he helped Nicolas de Catinat at Marsaglia his victory in near Cuneo. In 1693 he forced as Commander in Catalonia Barcelona to the task.

In the War of Spanish Succession Louis Joseph II took over the command of the troops in Italy and delivered there on August 15, 1702 Prince Eugene of Savoy at the Battle of New Ulm a battle with a draw output. He also tried unsuccessfully in 1703 to penetrate through the Tyrol to Germany. In the autumn he therefore took a different fortresses in Piedmont and began the siege of Turin.

On August 16, 1705, he defeated Prince Eugene at Cassano d' Adda, and in 1706 he drove the Austrians back across the river Adige. In the midst of these successes, he was recalled to the Netherlands to face John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, to compete, he initially held out due to longer marches. 1708 King Louis XIV gave him the sub- command of a 80,000 -strong army under Louis de Bourbon, soon came to the Vendôme in dispute. He conquered Although Ghent, Bruges and Passchendaele, but was defeated at the Battle of Oudenaarde on July 11. Then he lost at the instigation of Madame Maintenon his command and remained suspended from duty two years.

In 1710, was the cause of France in Spain again on the brink, the king sent him back across the Pyrenees. He led Philip V back to Madrid and then struck the General Starhemberg on 10 December 1710 in the Battle of Villaviciosa.

Joseph Louis II de Bourbon died childless on 11 June 1712 VINAROZ in Catalonia. As Duke of Vendôme is succeeded by his brother Philippe.