Pierre de Villars
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Pierre de Villars known as the marquis of Villars, was a French diplomat and conseiller d'État
, as well as the father of the general Claude Louis Hector de Villars
. He was the illegitimate great-grandson of the Duke of Savoy, and his parents were Claude de Villars and Charlotte Louvet de Nogaret-Cauvisson.
, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 45, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1866, p. 166-7
Conseiller d'État
A French Councillor of State is a high-level government official of administrative law in the Council of State of France.-Under the Old Regime:...
, as well as the father of the general Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Claude Louis Hector de Villars
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun was the last great general of Louis XIV of France and one of the most brilliant commanders in French military history, one of only six Marshals who have been promoted to Marshal General of...
. He was the illegitimate great-grandson of the Duke of Savoy, and his parents were Claude de Villars and Charlotte Louvet de Nogaret-Cauvisson.
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, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 45, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1866, p. 166-7