Abraham de Fabert d\' Esternay

Abraham (of) Fabert d' Esternay , born with Metz, the October 11th 1599 and died in Sedan the May 17th 1662 is a man of French war. General lieutenant in 1650, it receives the stick of Marshal of France in 1658. He is also governor of Sedan in 1641, illustrates himself during the Guerre Thirty Year old and besieges Stenay in 1654.

Family

Its great-grandfather Isaïe Fabert lord of Xonville, in the old canton of Gorze, lived Strasbourg about the middle of the 16th century; his/her grandfather, Dominique Fabert - Mangin according to the traditional Lorraine diminutive - had been printer licensed with Strasbourg before fixing itself at Metz after a short stay with Nancy (directing of the ducal printing works of Nancy). As for the father of the marshal, Abraham Fabert, first of the name, it was since 1595 printer-sworn city of Metz, police chief of the Artillerie to the government of Metz and five times Master-alderman of Metz. It was anobli by Henri IV to have carried to him help at the time of its rise with Paris.

Biography

Abraham Fabert enters at fourteen years the military career. It is distinguished in 1627 as major with the Siège of the La Rochelle, contributes strongly in 1629 to the taken of Suse which Louis XIII besieged in person, directs the Siège of Chivas in Savoy, and completely beats the army of prince Thomas who sought to free the place. Promoted to the rank of captain of the Soldiers of the gardes-fran1caises, it is announced again in a crowd of actions, in particular with the Siège of Arras (1640), with the Bataille of Marfée (1641), and with the seats of Collioure and Perpignan (1642). In 1654, it directs under the eyes of Louis XIV the head office of Stenay, and forces this place to capitulate. Fabert receives the stick of Marshal of France the June 28th 1658: it is the 1st Roturier with being high with this dignity. A delegation purposely comes from Metz to carry to him the facilitations of her birthplace: that which makes the speech, the large archdeacon of Metz, is not other than Bossuet.

Here how Louis XIV, itself, in the document of circumstance, summarized the career and qualities of the new marshal, after having evoked his successes with Liege then the catch of Stenay: " The aforementioned marquis de Fabert having, in this company like in several other seats, combat, battles, commands of places and troops, negotiations, government of people and other employment and occasions of consequence, given considerable evidence of a great capacity for the political matters and soldiers, of a universal knowledge of a vigilance extraordinary and providing for all, of an untiring diligence, acting as all places by itself, of a prudence and consumed experiment and a generosity and value, a fidelity and inviolable affection with our service and for all that is glory and size of this State, that he particularly testified during the last disorders of the kingdom, and all advisable qualities which can be necessary for the administration of the first charges".

The May 10th 1662 it is reached of Pneumonie and, as of the May 16th, it claims itself the last sacraments downtown this of Sedan of which he was governor and where death comes to take it the following day.

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