François de Créquy

François de Blanchefort de Créquy, Marquis de Marines
François de Blanchefort de Créquy, Marquis de Marines
	François de Blanchefort de Créquy, Marquis de Marines by Joseph Parrocel
Born	2 October 1629; Poix-de-Picardie Picardy
Died	3 February 1687 (aged 57); Paris
Buried	Church of Jacobins Saint-Honoré
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1648-1684
Rank	Marshal of France 1668
Battles/wars	Fronde; Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Arras 1654; The Dunes 1658; ; War of Devolution 1667-1668 Lille; ; Occupation of Lorraine 1670; Franco-Dutch War Konzer Brücke; Trier; Freiburg; ; Ortenbach War of the Reunions 1683-1684 Luxembourg; ;
Awards	Order of the Holy Spirit
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François de Blanchefort de Créquy, later Marquis de Marines, 2 October 1629 to 3 February 1687, was a 17th-century French noble and soldier, who served in the wars of Louis XIV of France.

He came from a powerful and well-connected family, his grandfather Charles I de Blanchefort (1578–1638) being a Marshal of France. Rewarded for supporting the Royalists during The Fronde (1648–1653), his elder brother Charles (1623–1687) was a senior advisor to Louis while François had a successful military career.

Promoted to Marshall in 1668, like other French soldiers of his generation he was over shadowed by Condé and Turenne. He fell from favour in April 1672 and although subsequently reinstated failed to regain his former prestige. He retired from service in 1684 and died in Paris in 1687.

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