Guy Aldonce de Durfort , duke de Lorges, marshal of France, (August 22, 1630 - October 22, 1702). The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...

Jacques Henri was the fourth son of Guy Aldonce de Durfort (1605-1665), marquis of Duras, count of Rozan and of Lorges, maréchal de camp and of Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne, sister of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, better known as Turenne. // 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 March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ... Henri de la Tour dAuvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 - July 27, 1675) was Marshal of France. ...

His brother, Jacques Henri de Durfort de Duras, was also a Marshal of France. One can not help thinking that the fame of their uncle played a mayor part in the military career of Jacques-Henri and Guy Aldonce. The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...

In the War of the Grand Alliance he commanded the French army in Germany from 1690 to 1695. On September 27, 1692 he beats an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under the command of Duke Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental and takes the city of Heidelberg in 1693. The War of the Grand Alliance (also known as the War of the League of Augsburg, the War of the English Succession, and the Nine Years War) was a major war fought in Europe and America from 1688 to 1697, between France and the League of Augsburg (which, by 1689... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... Frederick Charles (September 12, 1652 in Stuttgart - December 20, 1697 in Stuttgart) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of Württemberg-Winnental and regent of the infant Duke Eberhard Ludwig. ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ...

His daughter married Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon. Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (January 16, 1675 - March 2, 1755), French soldier, diplomatist and writer of memoirs, was born at Versailles. ...