Louis Charles Armand Fouquet

Louis Charles Armand Fouquet
La mort du Chevalier de Belle-Isle
Born	(1693-09-19)19 September 1693 Agde, Kingdom of France
Died	19 July 1747(1747-07-19) (aged 53) Colle dell'Assietta, Savoy-Sardinia
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	French Royal Army
Years of service	1707–1747
Rank	Lieutenant général des armées
Commands held	Army of Piedmont
Battles/wars	War of the Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Siege of Antibes Battle of Assietta †
Awards	Order of Saint Louis
Relations	Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (brother)
Other work	diplomat

Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle, (19 September 1693 in Agde – 19 July 1747 at the Battle of Assietta) was a French general and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle.^[1]

He served as a junior officer in the War of the Spanish Succession and as brigadier in the campaign of 1734 on the Rhine and Moselle, where he won the grade of Maréchal de camp. He was employed under his brother in political missions in Bavaria and in Swabia in 1741–1742, became a lieutenant-general, fought in Bohemia, Bavaria and the Rhine countries in 1742–1743, and was arrested and sent to England with the marshal in 1744. On his release he was given a command in the Army of Piedmont, and troops under his command reinforced the beleaguered city of Antibes during the 1746-7 siege, preventing its fall to the Austrians.^[2] Belle-Isle ultimately was killed at the Battle of Assietta on 19 July 1747.^[1]

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 697–698.