François de Franquetot de Coigny
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François de Franquetot de Coigny (March 16, 1670 – December 18, 1759) was a Marshal of France
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

, Count, and from 1747, the Duke of Coigny.

He was born in the Coigny
Coigny
Coigny is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-People linked to the commune:* Robert Jean Antoine de Franquetot de Coigny * François de Franquetot de Coigny , Marshal of France...

 château near Coutances
Coutances
Coutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-History:Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town took the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus...

, Normandy as son of Robert-Jean de Coigny, and Marie-Françoise de Matignon. His uncle was Charles-Auguste de Goyon-Matignon, Marshal of France and his nephew Jacques I, Prince of Monaco
Jacques I, Prince of Monaco
Jacques Goyon de Matignon was count of Thorigny, Prince of Monaco as Jacques I and the fourth Duke of Valentinois from 1731 until 1733.-Biography:...

. Like his father he pursued a military career. He became brigadier in 1702, Maréchal de camp in 1703 and lieutenant general in 1709.

His most notable victories were at San Pietro
Battle of San Pietro
The Battle of San Pietro, also known as the Battle of Crocetta or the Battle of Parma was a battle fought on June 29, 1734, between troops of France and Sardinia on one side, and Habsburg Austrian troops on the other, as part of the War of Polish Succession, between the village of La Crocetta and...

 and Guastalla
Battle of Guastalla
The Battle of Guastalla or Battle of Luzzara was a battle fought on September 19, 1734, between Franco-Sardinian and Austrian troops as part of the War of Polish Succession.-Background:...

, which he won in 1734 together with Marshal de Broglie
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie
François-Marie de Broglie, 1er duc de Broglie was a French military leader.-Early years:Francois Marie de Broglie was the third son of Victor Maurice de Broglie, comte de Broglie, named for his grandfather, François Marie...

 against the Austrians in the War of Polish Succession. He was made a Marshal of France in 1734. In the War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession  – including King George's War in North America, the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear, and two of the three Silesian wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg.The...

 he replaced Marshal de Broglie in 1743 to defend the French positions on the Rhine.

Family

He married Henriette de Montbourcher du Bordage on December 4, 1699; they had three children:
  • Marie-Françoise (1700 - 17??)
  • Jean, marquis de Coigny (1702 - 1748; killed in a duel)
  • Charlotte-Bibiane (1703-1772)


His grandson was François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny
François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny
François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, 1er duc de Coigny was a Marshal of France.The grandson of another Marshal of France, François de Franquetot de Coigny, he entered the musketeers at age fifteen. When he was eleven, his father, Jean, Marquis de Coigny , was killed in a duel...

, also a Marshal of France.

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