Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de Castries papers 1722-1814 Castries, Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de

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Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de Castries papers 1722-1814 Castries, Charles-Eugène-Gabriel, maréchal de

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The Castries papers include four major areas of interest: The civil and military administration of French Caribbean colonies; French participation in the American Revolution; the 1784 trial to fix blame for the defeat of the French Navy at the Battle of Saints Passage, 1782; and Royalist conspiracies against the French Republic during the 1790s.

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Castries, Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de, 1727-1800

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Charles Eugène Gabriel, Marquis de Castries, was a commander of the cavalry in the French Army who in 1780, was named Minister of Navy to King Louis XVI and in 1783 became Maréchal of France. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1779-1785. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225717146 In 1743, when the 16 year-old Charles de Castries received a commission as Lieutenant in the Régiment du Roi, Infanterie, it would have been hard to predict just h...