LUXEMBURG, FRANÇOIS HENRI 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 Condé at the battle of Rocroi in 1643; and in 1688 he 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 the retreat which he effected in 1673 was universally admired. He became marshal of France in 1675, gained the battle of Fleur in 1690, that of Steenkirk in 1692, and that of Nerwinde in 1693. He died at Versailles in 1695.