Yves V d'Alegre

The son of the Marquis of Emmanuel d'Alegre and Marie de Remon de Moden.

In 1675, he served in the royal bodyguards and participated in the siege of Limburg , which surrendered on June 21. Then he participated in the sieges of Conde (surrendered on April 26, 1676), Valenciennes (taken March 17, 1677) and Cambrai (capitulated on April 5, the citadel - on the 17th), the battle of Kokesberg on October 7 and the capture of Freiburg on November 14, 1677.

Since February 15, 1678, the captain of the cavalry regiment Biran, served in the German army of Marshal Kreki , participated in the victories over Count Staremberg , who defended the Reinfeld tet de pon (July 6), the duke of Lorraine while passing through Kinz (July 23), and the assault on the fort Kael, where he entered with the grenadiers of the 27th.

May 23, 1679 became commander of the Royal Dragoon Regiment. In 1681 and 1682 he served in a camp on the Saarland , and during the siege of Luxembourg , which surrendered on June 4, 1684. After taking the city, he was sent by Marshal Kreki to collect indemnities from Geldern , marched with a detachment of 800 horsemen and infantry about 50 leagues, and returned without loss.

Since 1685 he served in the camp at Sone. After the outbreak of the war, the Augsburg League fought on August 27, 1689 at the Battle of Valkur .

March 10, 1690 promoted to foreman . In the 1690 campaign, he served in Flanders under the command of the Marshal of Luxembourg . On June 29, at the head of the dragoons, he crossed the Sambra , on the 30th he had a lively firefight with the enemy, on July 1 he was wounded in the battle of Fleurus .

He commanded a detachment of dragoons during the siege of Mons , surrendering to the king on April 9, 1691, then moved to Lez as part of the troops of Marshal of Luxembourg. September 18, at the head of several dragoon regiments, he participated in the famous cavalry attack at Löze , defeated a numerically superior infantry detachment, and thereby facilitated the victory over the British and Dutch.

In 1692, he commanded a separate detachment of 25 squadrons, which was directly subordinate to the marshal. At the battle of Stenkerk on August 3, he drove dragoons several times on the attack and was seriously wounded in the arm with a musket bullet.

March 30, 1693 he was promoted to camp marshal , left his regiment and served in Germany in the troops of Marshals Lorges and Choiseul during the siege and capture of Heidelberg on May 21, and his citadel on the 23rd. In winter, according to the order of October 28, he patrolled on the Meuse and the champagne border.

The 1694 campaign also fought in Germany under the command of Marshal Lorges. On September 22, he attacked General Suye at Langkandel and forced him to retreat behind the Otterbach stream. In a hurry, the dragoons knocked the enemy out of the trenches. The enemy retreated, abandoning two guns, tents and many horses, losing a hundred people killed and as many prisoners. The loss of the French amounted to 20 people.

In 1695-1666, the German army was on the defensive. In 1697 he acted in the Flanders army of Marshal Villeroy, took the Schebel castle on the Scheldt , defending himself with the support of the infantry, then besieged At , surrendered on June 5.

In 1698 he was at Kudeneon camp near Compiegne . The family , located six leagues in the north-west of Le Puy , was destroyed by fire on November 15, 1698. The Marquis, who escaped from the fire, intended to restore it, but did not do so.

With the beginning of the war for the Spanish Succession, by order of October 25, 1701 he was appointed to the army of Count de Quagni . January 29, 1702 promoted to lieutenant general of the armies of the king. April 21 was assigned to the Flanders Army of the Duke of Burgundy . Having made a detachment of 12 hundred cavalry and some infantry for reconnaissance of the enemy’s location, on June 11 he defeated 22 cavalry detachments of Count Athlonsky, who came half a distance to the French orders. After that, he came up to the distance of a musket shot to the enemy rear guard, and made the enemy infantry retreat in disorder through the Nimwegen moats. The enemy lost a significant part of the convoy and 1,200 people.

On November 16, he was sent to command in the Cologne Elector, where, after prolonged resistance, took control of the position of Giminik, capturing 200 dragoons and 150 cavalry.

At the end of April he was besieged in Bonn by the troops of the Duke of Marlborough . He carried out several successful attacks, inflicting precipitating damage, but the enemy’s artillery destroyed earthen mounds covering the city, which was lined on all sides and surrendered on honorable conditions on May 15. After this, the Marquis served in the Flanders Army of Villeroy, September 27, who sent him to command in Brussels.

By order of October 12, 1704, he was appointed to command the Moselle Army, after the death of Count de Quagni.

In 1705 he served in the Flanders Army. On the night of July 18, the Allies suddenly attacked through lines that covered Spanish Flanders; Alegre stubbornly defended the position, a horse was killed under him, he was captured and taken to Holland. Taking this opportunity, Louis XIV gave him the authority to negotiate peace with the republic.

In captivity, on September 25, 1706, he received the governorship in Saint-Omer , and on January 1, 1707, he was appointed to the post of general governor in Upper Languedoc , freed with the death of Count de Calvisson (registered by the Toulouse Parliament on March 31, 1708).

Exchanged in 1712, after the battle of Denin , and returned to the Flanders Army. He distinguished himself in the siege of Douai , which surrendered on September 8, and Kenua , who surrendered on October 4. He led the siege of Bush , on the 19th he captured the enemy garrison.

In January 1713, he was dismissed from general governorship in Languedoc, served in the Rhine army of Marshal Villard , then commanded the observational army in the Palatinate during the siege of Landau , which surrendered on August 20. Covering the siege of Freiburg, he crossed the Rhine at Fort Louis and held a demonstration in front of the trenches of an enemy that exceeded the number, but did not dare to go into battle or to help the besieged, capitulated on November 1 (citadel - 16th).

At the end of the war, in November 1714 he was sent with a diplomatic mission to London.

On August 10, 1723, at Versailles, he was appointed governor and general governor of the cities, regions and bishoprics of Metz and Verdun . It was registered by the Meck parliament on July 15, 1724, and on the same day by order given in Medon , was appointed commander of the region and dismissed from the governorship in St. Omer.

February 2, 1724 at Versailles promoted to the rank of Marshal of France. September 11, was appointed commander in Brittany, where he convened the local States.

On January 1, 1728 he was granted the title of knight of the orders of the king , and received the ribbon of the Order of the Holy Spirit on February 2.

1st wife (contract 08.29.1679): Jeanne-Francoise Garot de Donneville (1658-28.05.1723), daughter of Jean Garot de Donneville, Marquise de Mermont, President of the Toulouse Parliament, and Marta de Caminade

Children:

• Marie-Emmanuel Louise d'Alegre (d. 1756). Husband (01/26/1713): Marquis Jean-Baptiste-Francois Demare de Malbois (1682-1762), Marshal of France
• Yves-Emmanuel d'Alegre (d. 9.05.1705), Count de Millo. Colonel of the Royal Croatian Cavalry Regiment. Was single
• Marie-Teresa Dolphin Estoshi d'Alegre (d. 1706). Husband (01/11/1696): Louis Letelle , Marquis de Barbeziers (1668-1701)
• Marie Margarita d'Alegre (d. 1752). Husband (6.01.1705): Philippe de Recourt (d. 1710)
• Margarita Teresa d'Alegre

2nd wife (08.21.1724): Madeleine d'Ansezune , Marquise d'Orezon, daughter of Jacques Louis d'Ansezun and Madeleine d'Orezon

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