Claude-Alexandre De Bonneval
Claude Alexandre, Comte de Bonneval (14 July 1675 – 23 March 1747), was a French army officer who later went into the service of the Ottoman Empire, eventually converting to Islam and becoming known as Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa. Life He was the descendant of an old family of Limousin (province), Limousin; at the age of thirteen he joined the Marine (military)#France, Royal Marine Corps. After three years he entered the army, in which he rose to the command of a regiment. He served in the Italian campaigns under Nicolas Catinat, Catinat, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, Villeroi and Louis Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, Vendôme, and in the Austrian Netherlands, Netherlands under François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, giving proofs of indomitable courage and great military ability. His insolent bearing towards the minister of war was made matter for a court martial (1704). He was condemned to death, but saved himself by fleeing to Germany. Throu ...
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