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Born May 15, 1633 • France
Died March 30, 1707 (aged 73) • Paris • France
Role In Dutch War • Siege of Maastricht • War of the Grand Alliance • War of the Spanish Succession

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Claude-Louis-Hector, duke de Villars
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