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Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1653)

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Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars

Marshal General of France

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France. He was one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France.
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Minister of the Armed Forces (France)

Member of the Government of France

The Minister of the Armed Forces is the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, tasked with running the French Armed Forces. The minister is the third-highest civilian having authority over France's military, behind the President of the…
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