Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (d. 1623)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (titular Duke of Bouillon, jure uxoris, comte de Montfort et Negrepelisse, vicomte de Turenne, Castillon, et Lanquais) (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623) was a member of the powerful (then Huguenot) House of La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France.
1555Sep, 28
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon
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