Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon (1605-1652) was prince of the independent principality of Sedan, and general in the French royal army. Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... This article is about the type of car. ...

Born in Sedan, he was the son of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon and Maria Elisabeth of Nassau. His brother was the famous Turenne, Marshal of France. Raised as a Protestant, he received a military education in Holland under his uncles Maurice of Nassau and Frederick Henry of Nassau. Henri de La Tour dAuvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon (1555-1623) was prince of the independent principality of Sedan and Marshal of France. ... Henri de la Tour dAuvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 - July 27, 1675) was Marshal of France. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... Holland is the common name in English referring to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (or exclusively its European part)--although this is incorrect from a Dutch perspective. ... Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567–23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg. ... Frederick Henry (January 29, 1584–March 14, 1647), Prince of Orange, the youngest child of William the Silent, was born at Delft about six months before his fathers assassination. ...

He became duc de Bouillon, and prince of Sedan and Raucourt (now in Ardennes département, France) at the death of his father in 1623. He was appointed governor of Maastricht (United Provinces) in 1629. In 1634 he married Eleonora van Berg 's-Heerenberg, under whose influence he converted to Catholicism. Ardennes is a département in the northeast of France named after the Ardennes area. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... Maastricht, also spelled Maestricht, or Mestreech in local language, is a municipality, and capital of the province of Limburg. ... This article is about the Dutch United Provinces. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement...

In 1635 the duc de Bouillon came into the service of King Louis XIII of France, and was appointed maréchal de camp (i.e. brigadier general). He was deprived of his offices in the United Provinces after engaging in negotiations with Spain (the arch-enemy of the United Provinces) in 1637. Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... Louis XIII (September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643), called the Just (French: le Juste), was King of France from 1610 to 1643. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ...

Along with the comte de Soissons, he conspired against Richelieu, and with the support of Spanish troops he and the comte de Soissons defeated the French royal troops sent after them at the Battle of La Marfée, outside of Sedan, in 1641. Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons ( 1604- 1641) was the son of Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons and Anne de Montafié. He was the 2nd cousin of King Louis XIII of France. ... For other uses of Richelieu, see Richelieu (disambiguation). ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ...

Later he submitted to King Louis XIII and Richelieu, and he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in command of the French army of Italy (1642). Having again conspired against Richelieu with Cinq-Mars, he was arrested in Casale (Italy), and was forced to cede his principalities of Sedan and Raucourt to France (1642). Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars (1620 - September 12, 1642) was a favourite of King Louis XIII of France who led the last and most nearly successful of the many conspiracies against the kings powerful first minister, the Cardinal Richelieu. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ...

In 1650 he joined the Fronde, and was one of its leaders with his brother Turenne. Mazarin won him over (1650) by promising him a high office and compensations for the cession of Sedan and Raucourt, exchanged in 1651 for the duchy of Albret, the counties of Auvergne and Évreux, and several other lands. Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... For the French feminist newspaper, see La Fronde The Fronde (1648–1653) was a civil war in France, followed by the Franco-Spanish War with Spain (1653–1659). ... Cardinal Jules Mazarin, French diplomat and statesman Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; but best known as Cardinal Mazarin (July 14, 1602 – March 9, 1661) served as the chief minister of France from 1642, until his death. ... Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... The lordship (seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit, Lebret), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the middle ages. ... Auvergne coat of arms Auvergne (Occitan: Auvèrnha) was the name of an historically independent county in the center of France, as well as later a province of France. ... Évreux is a commune of Normandy, France, in the Eure département, of which it is the préfecture (capital). ...

He died at Pontoise, near Paris, in 1652. Pontoise is a suburban commune of the Val-dOise département, in suburban Paris in France. ... Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...