Charles Armand de Gontaut, 2nd Duke of Biron (5 August 1663 – 23 July 1756), great-grandson of Armand de Gontout-Biron, was a French military leader who served with distinction under Louis XIV and Louis XV, and was made a Marshal of France by the latter.
Louis Antoine, 3rd Duke of Biron Charles Antoine, 4th Duke of Biron Geneviève, Duchess of Gramont Judith Charlotte, Countess of Bonneval
Father
François de Gontaut, Marquis of Biron
Mother
Élisabeth de Cossé
He commanded the French vanguard at the Battle of Oudenaarde (1708), and noticed the first manoeuvre of deviation by Marlborough. Nevertheless, opposed on his lines by numerical superior forces, he was unable to change the course of events that were to happen.
He died at age 92. When he died, his wife, ten of his 14 children, twelve of 32 grandchildren and eight of his 47 great-grandchildren had died before him. All his grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren were born in his lifetime.[1][2]
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