Noël Jourda de Vaux
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Noël Jourda de Vaux (12 March 1705 in Château des Vaux au Puy-en-Velay – 14 September 1788 in Grenoble), comte de Vaux, seigneur d'Artiac was a French nobleman and General. He oversaw the conquest of the Corsican Republic in 1769. He was given command of land forces in the planned Franco-Spanish Invasion of Britain in 1779, but this was abandoned. He became a Marshal of France in 1783. He was the son of Jean Baptiste Jourda de Vaux, seigneur de Retournac (born 1687) and Marie Anne de Saint-Germain.
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Born | (1705-03-12)12 March 1705 Le Puy-en-Velay |
Died | 14 September 1788(1788-09-14) (aged 83) Grenoble |
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Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1723–1788 |
Rank | Marshal of France |
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Awards | Knight of the Order of Saint Louis |
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