Charles III de Créquy

Charles III de Blanchefort-Créquy
Portrait by Nicolas II de Larmessin, 1678–1685
Born24 March 1624
Poix-de-Picardie, Picardy, France
Died13 February 1687(1687-02-13) (aged 62)
Paris, France
Buried
Church of Jacobins Saint-Honoré
Allegiance France
BranchArmy
Service years1642–1653
RankLieutenant-general
ConflictsFronde 1648–1653
Franco-Spanish War, 1635–1659
Siege of Orbetello (1646)
AwardsOrder of the Holy Spirit 1661
Other workGovernor of Paris 1675
Special Ambassador to Rome and London 1662

Charles III de Blanchefort-Créquy, sieur de Blanchefort, prince de Poix, duc de Créquy (24 March 1624 – 13 February 1687) was a French peer and soldier, who also served Louis XIV as diplomat and advisor.

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