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Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, esteemed, after Napoleon, the greatest of French generals, was born September 16, 1611. He was the second son of the Duc de Bouillon, Prince of Sedan, and of Elizabeth of Nassau, daughter of the celebrated William of Orange, to whose courage and talents the Netherlands mainly owed their deliverance from Spain. Both parents being zealous Calvinists, Turenne was of course brought up in the same faith. Soon after his father's death, the duchess sent him, when he was not yet thirteen years old, into the Low Countries, to learn the art of war under his uncle, Maurice. | Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 by Various 1 AND FAMOUS WOMEN TìiE LiviCó EỉF i r-TnẠJi 200 OF THE MOST ppor. I Í1E fiT Pt sonAQt iTi HisTOpy J so Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 by Various Project Gutenberg s Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Author Various Editor Charles F. Horne Release Date August 27 2008 EBook 26422 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT MEN FAMOUS WOMEN VOL. 2 Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 by Various 2 Produced by Sigal Alon Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Canadian Libraries Transcriber s note Obvious printer s errors have been corrected all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author s spelling has been maintained. Captions marked with TN and the table of contents have been added while producing this file. Illustration Repulsed at Torgau--Frederick waiting for morning. GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 200 OF THE MOST PROMINENT PERSONAGES IN HISTORY VOL. II. Copyright 1894 BY SELMAR HESS edited by Charles F. Horne Illustration Publisher s arm. New-York Selmar Hess Publisher CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. SUBJECT AUTHOR PAGE CHARLES XII. OF SWEDEN General John Mitchell 211 ROBERT LORD CLIVE w C. Taylor . 244 STEPHEN DECATUR Edward S. Ellis . 318 GEORGE DEWEY Major-General Joseph wheeler 402 PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY G. P. R. James 223 DAVID GLASCOE FARRAGUT L. P. .