Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban
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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban was a military engineer for King Louis XIV who designed fortifications and siege tactics.[1]
Quick Facts
- Office
- Commissaire général des fortifications Commissioner General of Fortifications
- Took office
- 1678
- Left office
- 1703
- Born
- (baptised) 15 May 1633
- Birthplace
- Saint-Léger-Vauban, Burgundy, France
- Died
- 30 March 1707
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Resting place
- Bazoches, later reburied in Les Invalides
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Vauban was born in 1633 in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret, now Saint-Léger-Vauban.[2] In 1653 he was captured by a Royalist patrol and switched sides to serve in the force that took Sainte-Menehould.[3] He was appointed Royal Engineer in 1655 and was wounded eight times during his career.[4] Vauban married Jeanne d'Aunay d'Epiry in 1660 and had two daughters and a short-lived infant son.[5]
He died in Paris on 30 March 1707 and was buried near his home in Bazoches.[6] Napoleon I gave the order in 1808 for Vauban's heart to be interred again at Les Invalides.[6]
What the cited sources add
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre states that Vauban's work represents the peak of classic bastioned fortification.[1] The UNESCO account notes his designs produced models used worldwide up to the mid-19th century.[1] The Traben-Tarbach Tourist Information describes the Mont-Royal fortress built by Vauban starting in 1687, which held 12,000 soldiers and 3,000 horses.[7] The UNESCO listing includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers.[1]
References
- "Fortifications of Vauban", UNESCO World Heritage Centre. facts only, no text reused. whc.unesco.org
- Wikipedia, "Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vauban 1633–1707 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Duffy 1995, p. 136 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lepage 2009, p. 17; Griffith 2006, p. 4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Desvoyes 1872, p. 13; "F Marie-Antoinette du PUY-MONTBRUN la Belle Mademoiselle de Villefranche", Geneanet (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dome des Invalides", Musée de l'Armée Invalides (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Fortress Mont Royal", Traben-Tarbach Tourist Information. facts only, no text reused. traben-trarbach.de
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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