Louis Charles de Hautefort, Marquis de Surville

Louis-Charles de Hautefort de Surville, Marquis de Surville (27 June 1656 – 19 December 1721) was a French nobleman and military officer, and a favourite of Louis XIV.

Biography Surville was born in Paris, the eldest son of Gilles de Hautefort, 4th Marquis de Hautefort and Marthe d'Estourmel.

He was a page in the Grande Écurie du Roi (the royal stables at Versailles) of Louis XIV. He served as a volunteer at the siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys in 1676 and the siege of Cambrai in 1677 during the Franco-Dutch War. He was present at the Battle of Speyerbach on 15 November 1703, where he distinguished himself, as well as the siege of Landau in 1704. He was created a lieutenant general in 1703.