, grandson of the constable de Luynes, was the ninth child of Louis-Charles,
, grandson of the constable
de Luynes, was the ninth child of Louis-Charles, duke de
Luynes, grand almoner of France. He was born in 1672,
and had in his youth the title of the chevalier d‘Albert. In
1688, he served as a volunteer at the siege of Philipshurgh;
in 1690 he was twice wounded in the battle of Fleurus; and
in 1693, commanded the Dauphin regiment of dragoons at
Steinkirk, where he was again wounded. In 1703, he accompanied marshal Villars into Bavaria, where the elector
promoted him to the rank of lieutenant-general. He was
then known by the title of count d’ Albert, and was successively chamberlain, master of the horse, minister, and
colonel of the Bavarian guards. The elector having arrived
at the throne in 1742, by the royal title of Charles VII.
appointed count d' Albert field marshal, and sent him to
France as ambassador extraordinary. The same year the
emperor created him a prince of the holy Roman empire,
by the title of prince of Grimberghen, taken from the rich
domains he acquired by marrying a princess of Berghes.
He died Nov. 10, 1758, aged eighty-seven. Amidst all
his campaigns and political engagements, he cultivated a
taste for literature. His works are “Le Songe d'AlcU
biade,
” a supposed translation from the Greek, Paris, Timandre instruit par son genie,
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and other pieces, published at Amsterdam, Recueil de differentes pieces de litterature.
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