Jean Francois Ange de Marillac

The genealogical study done by Prof Christoph Isolin from Basel University, indicates that the St Julien Counts descend from this line. This is not correct and he may have be confused with the fourth cousin once removed, Jean Baptiste Ange de Marillac, also born in 1681. (It is from the brother (Charles Antoine de Marillac), of Jean Baptiste from whom the Counts of St JULIEN descend.)

MARILLAC (Jean-Francois, Marquis de), 1 er st avril 1696 Colonel of a regiment at Languedoc and in 1702 Brigadier of the army of the king and governor of Bethune. Chevalier Order St Louis Killed Battle of Hochstadt (Known in English as the battle of Blenheim)

P520 discussion on his titles

This Jean Francois p520 note 125 is identified as the Marquis de Marillac (in Anselme) but in the DHFM Tableau Genealogique the only other person bearing this title is a descendent of the Julien line born 23 years after Jean Francois death.

The title is not repeated but the second son of this Jean Francois, Louis, is titled Comte.

The first Battle of Höchstädt was fought on September 20, 1703, near Höchstädt in Bavaria, and resulted in a French-Bavarian victory under Marshal Villars against the Austrians under General Limburg Styrum. Contents

Prelude

On September 5, the main force of the Imperial Army under Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden had taken the free city of Augsburg, threatening Bavaria from the west. Louis of Baden had left a force of 16,000 men under Styrum north of the Danube river, which moved east and reached Höchstädt on September 19. Villars and Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria moved their army of 17,000 to intercept this force, ordering another French force of 7,000 men under d'Usson near Dillingen to attack from the rear. The Battle

This plan almost failed as d'Usson attacked too soon and his army, inferior in numbers, was pushed back by Styrum. But Villars and Maximilian Emanuel arrived just in time, falling upon the Imperial army, before it could adjust its positions. It was only thanks to the tremendous resistance of the rearguard under Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau that Styrum could save his army and reach Nordlingen.

The Austrians lost 5000 men, mostly prisoners, 37 cannons and the entire army train. The French and Bavarians lost 1000 men.

A year later, the Second Battle of Höchstädt was fought, known in English mainly as Battle of Blenheim.

Jean-Francois (son of Rene IX-1), known as the Marquis de Marillac, colonel of Regiment of Languedoc, Brigadier of the armies of the King in 1702. Governor of Bethune, on the demise of his maternal uncle, Sieur Bochard de Sarron. He was killed at the Battle of Hochstadt/Blenheim on 13 August 1704, apparently without issue. He was married to Marie Francois de Beauvillier, daughter of Francois de Beauvillier Duke of St. Aignan, Pair of France, Cavalier of the Orders of the King and Francoise Gere, his second wife.