Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban
French combat engineer
Sébastien Le Prestre, seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban, commonly referred to as Vauban, was a French military engineer and Marshal of France who worked under Louis XIV. Wikipedia
Born: May 1633, Saint-Léger-Vauban, France
Died: March 30, 1707 (age 73 years), Paris, France
Place of burial: Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, France
Grandchild: Charles de Mesgrigny d'Aunay
Books: The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vauban, ... Together With a New Treatise of Geometry. The Third Edition. Carefully Revised and Corrected by the Original, Traité de l'attaque des places, The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vavban ...: With an Explication of All Terms Appertaining to that Art ..., and more
Parents: Urbain Le Prestre and Edmée de Carmignolles
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