jacques-nompar de caumont, duc de la force

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force (1558 - May 10, 1652) was a marshal of France and peer of France. He was born in La Force, the son of Francois de Caumont and Philippes de Beaupoil. He survived the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572). He served Henri IV. He was governor of Barn (1593) and governor of Navarre. After the death of Henri (1610), he plotted with Henri de Rohan, before submitting to Louis XIII. During the reign of Louis XIII, he was made a marshal of France on May 27, 1622. He campaigned in Piedmont and took Saluces in 1630, defeated the Spaniards at Cariena (1630), took Philippsburg and made the general Colloredo prisoner. He died in Bergerac.

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His first son was Armand-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force (c. 1580-1675), peer and marshal of France

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