Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis o Vauban

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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis o Vauban
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Vauban, French Schuil pentin o the 18t century
Born 4 Mey 1633(1633-05-04)
Saint-Léger-Vauban
Died 30 Mairch 1707(1707-03-30) (aged 73)
Paris
Cause o daith
 Pulmonary embolism
Restin place
 Bazoches. Hert at Les Invalides.
Naitionality French
Kent for Contreibutions tae militar ingineerin an fortifications
Title

Marshal o Fraunce
Commissaire général des fortifications (1678–1703)

Govrenor o Lille (frae 1668)
Awairds Ordre de Saint-Louis
Signatur Vauban signature mg 8007.jpg

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur (Lord) o Vauban an later Marquis o Vauban (1 or 4 Mey 1633 – 30 Mairch 1707),[1] commonly referred tae as Vauban, wis a Marshal o Fraunce an the foremaist militar ingineer o his age.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV: An Illustrated History of Fortifications and Strategies. McFarland. 2009. p. 7.  by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
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