Nicolas de Catinat

Nicolas de Catinat of Fauconnerie (1637-1712), Marshal of France, is a French soldier of the 17th century, born with Paris on September 1st 1637 and died in Saint-Gratien the February 22nd 1712.

Resulting from a family of the minor nobility of the Pole, wire of Nicolas II of Catinat, magistrate, and of Catherine Poille, it left in its youth the bar for the weapons: Catinat joined the Gardes-Françaises as of 1660 and will climb, by its merit, all the levels of the command. As of 1667, it is distinguished with the seat from Lille. It serves with distinction at the time of the Guerre of Holland in 1676 - 1678. In May 1679, he is captain and order the detachment which removes close to Turin the count Matthioli, Secretary of State of the duke of Mantoue, convinced to have played a double game and ridiculed Louis XIV (see the Homme with the iron mask). Brigadier in 1680, it was employed against the Vaudois in 1686 and was named general Lieutenant in 1688. After having taken share with the Head office of Philippsburg at the beginning of the War of the league of Augsburg, it was named commander-in-chief in 1690. The August 18th 1690, it gains the victory of Staffarde against the Spain and the Savoy and, on October 4th, 1693, the Bataille of Marsaille against the duke of Savoy. This series of reverse forced Savoy to be combined with the France in 1696. Catinat accepted the stick of Marshal of France on March 27th 1693 like price of these exploits. In load of the operations in Italy at the beginning of the War of succession of Spain, it had to fight prince Eugene; but the bad condition of the army, the lack of money and subsistence paralyzed its efforts, and it tested some failures, in particular it suffered a reverse with the Bataille from Carpi (1701) and was replaced by Villeroy, of which he was the second for the countryside of Chiari. It undergoes as a philosopher this unjust treatment, and lived since in its retirement of its castle of Saint-Gratien (close Montmorency), fleeing the court and devoting themselves to the Quiétisme. It dies there the February 12th 1712. It is buried in the church of the village.

References

Louis de Blanchefort de Créquy, Memories to be used for the life of Nicolas de Catinat , Paris, Widowed Duchêne, 1775
Nicolas de Catinat, Memories and correspondences of the marshal of Catinat , published by Bernard Bouyer de Saint-Gervais, 3 vol. in-8, Paris 1819
Its Éloge was written by the Toothing-stone in 1775. A statue was set up to him in Saint-Gratien in 1860.

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