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Louvois — Louis XIV’s Secretary of State for War, organizer of the royal army
Son of the Secretary of State for War, associated with the office from twenty-one and its holder from thirty-six, he made the king’s army a large, paid, inspected and obedient one, regulated promotion by the ordre du tableau and founded the Invalides. Harsh to Protestants and to occupied lands alike, he died in office, at Versailles. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded office of Louvois: secretaryship of State for War (from 1677 to 16 July 1691, his death). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia Universalis)
Louvois was born in Paris. (source: Larousse)
Louvois died on 16 July 1691. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Louvois died in Versailles. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica and Encyclopædia Universalis)
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