Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon
The Duke of Aiguillon | |
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Emmanuel-Amand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Aiguillon - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen | |
| Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 27 January 1774 – 2 June 1774 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XV Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | The Marquis of Monteynard |
| Succeeded by | The Count of Muy |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 June 1771 – 2 June 1774 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XV Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | The Duke of La Vrillère |
| Succeeded by | Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1720 |
| Died | 1 September 1788 (aged 68) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | France |
| Branch/service | French Royal Army |
| Battles/wars | War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War |
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Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, Duke of Aiguillon (French pronunciation: [emanɥɛl aʁmɑ̃ də viɲʁo dy plɛsi]; 31 July 1720 – 1 September 1788) was a French Royal Army officer and politician. A nephew of Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, until his father's death in 1750 he was known as the Duke of Agénois. He led a regiment in Italy during the War of the Austrian Succession and was seriously wounded at the siege of Château-Dauphin (1744). He was appointed commandant of Brittany in 1753 and defended it against British landing force at Saint-Cast (1758) in the Seven Years' War. He later served as the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and briefly as Secretary of State for War under King Louis XV.