LUXEMBURG (François Henry de Montmorency), duke of, and marshal of France, a renowned general in the service of Louis XIV. was born in 1628. He was with the prince of Conde at the battle of Rocroy, in 1643; and in 1668 distinguished himself at the conquest of Franche Comté. In 1672, he commanded in chief the French army in Holland; when he defeated the enemy near Woerden and Bodegrave, and was universally admired for the fine retreat he made in 1673. He became marshal of France in 1675; gained the battle of Flerus in 1690, that of Steenkirk in 1692, and that of Nerwind in 1693. He died at Versailles in 1695.