François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles
- Curriculum: French History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: Military significance: Louvois, as war minister to Louis XIV, played a key role in building up and administering the largest European army since the fall of Rome. This huge army permitted the king of France to bid for European hegemony in a series of wars.
As the son of Michel Le Tellier, war minister of France beginning in 1643, François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, was destined for high office by the bureaucratic dynasticism that was characteristic of old regime France. From 1662 to 1677, he shared joint control of the war...
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