Cracky, Francois de

Francois de Kreki, Marquis de Maren ( French: François de Créquy ; 1625 - February 3, 1687 ) - one of the marshals (from July 8, 1668) of Louis XIV . The monument to his military victories was the palace and park ensemble of the Shan de Bataille in Normandy .

Francois de Blanchfort de Creki de Beaune, Marquis de Maren
fr. François de Blanchefort de Créquy de Bonne, marquis de Marines
Marshal Francois de Kreki
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Marshal of France from July 8, 1668
Birth	1625 ( 1625 )
Death	February 3, 1687 ( 1687-02-03 )
Burial place
Kind	Crack
Father
Awards	Marshal of France
Type of army
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Battles

Representative of the Kreki family, famous for its military traditions, the great-grandson of the Connable de Ledigier , the great-granddaughter of the Connable de Ligne . His grandfather Charles de Kreki-Blanchfort , also a marshal, made himself famous in Italian campaigns. Young Kreki from a young age prophesied a bright future, especially after he proved his devotion to the crown in the intricacies of the second Fronde .

In 1667 he distinguished himself in the Rhine campaign and the following year, during the siege of Lille, he commanded a cover army. In 1670, he occupied Lorraine , but due to bickering for seniority with Tyuren, he was forced to leave the army. In August 1675, he was brutally defeated by the Marquise del Caretto at the Kontsky bridge and in September surrendered to the enemy Trier , but the next year he took revenge for these defeats, having gained control of Bouillon and Friborg , and having won in Cockersberg in 1677.

The victory of Kreka over Franz Wilhelm of Brandenburg led the Dutch war to a victorious conclusion for the French. Generously awarded the king, Kreki took up decorating his estates in the Marina and the Chan-de-Bataille , and married his son to the granddaughter of War Secretary Letellier . In 1684 he returned to duty, with the assistance of Vauban, to take possession of the Luxembourg fortress , where on this occasion the king himself arrived with Madame de Maintenon .

Marshal de Kreki died in his metropolitan mansion and was buried in the Jacobin monastery. Antoine Kuazevo sculpted his magnificent tomb on the outline of Lebrun . At the beginning of the Spanish Succession War, both sons of the marshal died in the fields of Italy, which put an end to the branch of the Kreki clan, the most glorified military exploits.