Noël Bouton de Chamilly

Noël Bouton, Marquis de Chamilly (6 April 1636 – 8 January 1715) was a French military commander of the 17th and 18th centuries. He was named a Marshal of France in 1703.

Biography His first battle was the Battle of Valenciennes (1656) under Marshal de la Ferté.

In 1663, he followed Marshal de Schomberg to Portugal and served four years under his command, taking part in all the actions of the Portuguese Restoration War, notably at the Battle of Montes Claros as a captain. He commanded a cavalry regiment in 1667, and after the peace Treaty of Lisbon (1668), he followed the Duke de la Feuillade to Crete where he was seriously wounded during the Siege of Candia.

Upon his return, he joined his brother, the Count of Chamilly, who commanded an army corps in Luxembourg, where he was made colonel of the Burgundy Regiment. He took part in the Franco-Dutch War, where he distinguished himself in Siege of Grave (1674) On 18 December of that same year, he was appointed brigadier general and governor of Oudenaarde. Wounded twice at the sieges of Ghent and Ypres (1676), he was made lieutenant general in 1678.