Charles de La Porte, Duke of La Meilleraye, Marshal of France (Versailles) - Anonymous painting

Charles de La Porte (1602 in

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– 8 February 1664 in Paris) was a French nobleman and general. He was marquis then duke of La Meilleraye,

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and peer of France, baron of

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and of

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, count of Secondigny, seigneur of Le Boisliet, La Lunardière, La Jobelinière and Villeneuve. In 1639 he became

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after taking

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. In 1642, after a ten-month siege, he conquered Perpignan and

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, completing the conquest of Roussillon.

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