| Antoine
de Gramont
2nd Duc de Gramont
(1604-78)
Titles and Honours
4th Sovereign Prince de Bidache, 1644-78†[5]
Comte de Guiche, 1644-78†[5]
Comte de Louvigny[5]
Comte de Toulongeon[5]
Vicomte d'Aster, 1644-78†[5]
Baron des Angles, 1644-78†[5]
Baron d'Hagetmau[5]
Duke and Peer of France, 1648[5]
Grandee of Spain, First Class, 1661[5]
Knight of the Orders of the King, 1661 [France][5]
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1661
[Spain][5]
Positions Held
Maréchal de France, 1641[5]
Governor of Navarre[5]
Governor of Béarn[5]
Hereditary Governor of Bayonne[5]
Hereditary Mayor of Bayonne[5]
Lieutenant general, 1641[5]
Biographical
Participated in the battles of Hautremont, Vaudrevanges and Leffons, 1635;
the siege of Landrecies, 1637; the battle of Pont-de-Vaux, 1637; the sieges
of Chivasso, 1639, and Arras, 1640; the battles of Honnecourt, 1642, and
Fribourg, 1644; the siege of Philippsbourg, 1644; the battle of Nordlingen,
1645; the siege of Lérida, 1647; the battle of Lens, 1648; the campaign
at Flanders, 1667.[C9]
Place of birth: Hagetmau[5]
Place of death: Bayonne[5] |