Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières

Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières (1 January 1632 – 15 March 1711) was count of Choiseul, marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre, and a Marshal of France beginning in 1693.

Biography Claude de Choiseul-Francières was the son of Louis de Francières, baron and later Marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre and of Catherine de Nicey. .

As a young man, he fought against the Spanish in the Battles of Vitry-sur-Seine (1653), Mouzon, Sainte-Menehould and Arras (1654). He followed the King to besiege Marsal in 1663, commanded a regiment in the Hungarian expedition where distinguished himself at the siege of Raab and was sent to Crete to aid the Venetians during the Siege of Candia.

On 5 May 1658 he married Catherine (died 17 October 1710), daughter of Gaston de Renty, baron of Landelles. He was buried in the church of the Order of Picpus (57, rue de Picpus). His remains were rediscovered in 1860 and reburied in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.