François de Franquetot de Coigny (16 March 1670 – 18 December 1759) was a

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, Count, and from 1747, the Duke of Coigny. He was born in the Coigny château near

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, Normandy as son of Robert-Jean de Coigny, and Marie-Françoise de Matignon. His uncle was Charles-Auguste de Goyon-Matignon, Marshal of France and his nephew Jacques I, Prince of Monaco. Like his father he pursued a military career. He became brigadier in 1702, Maréchal de camp in 1703 and lieutenant general in 1709. His most notable victories were at San Pietro and

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, which he won in 1734 together with Marshal de Broglie against the Austrians in the

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. He was made a Marshal of France in 1734. In the

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he replaced Marshal de Broglie in 1743 to defend the French positions on the Rhine. In the 1720s he was a member of the Club de l'Entresol, an early modern

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Family

He married Henriette de Montbourcher du Bordage on 4 December 1699; they had three children: *Marie-Françoise (1700–17??) *Jean, marquis de Coigny (1702–1748; killed in a duel) *Charlotte-Bibiane (1703–1772) His grandson was François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, also a Marshal of France.

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Genealogy of Franquetot

House of Franquetot

History of the Franquetot family {{DEFAULTSORT:Franquetotdecoigny, Francois de 1670 births 1759 deaths People from Manche Counts of France Dukes of Coigny French soldiers Marshals of France French military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession French military personnel of the War of the Polish Succession French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain