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| rdfs:label | - Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis
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| rdfs:comment | - François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis (August 20, 1719 – November 20, 1787), born in Ajac, Aude, was a French noble and a Marshal of France. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and served as a capable second in command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New France during the Seven Years' War. Following the surrender of New France in 1760, he served in Europe. After the war he was appointed Governor of Artois, and in 1783 he was made a Marshal of France.
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| Commands | - Commander-in-chief, New France
- Marshal of France
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| Name | - François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis
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| Caption | - A 19th-century engraving of Levis
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| Battles | - War of the Polish Succession
- *Siege of Prague
*Battle of Dettingen
Seven Years' War
*Battle of Fort William Henry
*Battle of Carillon
*Battle of Beauport
*Battle of Sainte-Foy
*Battle of Nauheim
- War of the Austrian Succession
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| abstract | - François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis (August 20, 1719 – November 20, 1787), born in Ajac, Aude, was a French noble and a Marshal of France. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, and served as a capable second in command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New France during the Seven Years' War. Following the surrender of New France in 1760, he served in Europe. After the war he was appointed Governor of Artois, and in 1783 he was made a Marshal of France.
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