Noël Jourda de Vaux
Noël Jourda | |
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Noël Jourda, comte de Vaux (Musée de la Révolution française) | |
| Born | 12 March 1705 |
| Died | 14 September 1788 (aged 83) |
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| Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Service years | 1723–1788 |
| Rank | Marshal of France |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of Saint Louis |
Noël Jourda de Vaux (12 March 1705 in Château des Vaux au Puy-en-Velay – 14 September 1788 in Grenoble), comte de Vaux, seigneur d'Artiac was a French nobleman and General. He oversaw the conquest of the Corsican Republic in 1769. He was given command of land forces in the planned Franco-Spanish Invasion of Britain in 1779, but this was abandoned. He became a Marshal of France in 1783. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Jourda de Vaux, seigneur de Retournac (born 1687) and Marie Anne de Saint-Germain.