Louis, Marquis of Brancas and Prince of Nisaro, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Louis, Marquis of Brancas and Prince of Nisaro
- Louis-Henri de Brancas-Forcalquier, (Pernes-les-Fontaines, 19 January 1672 – 9 August 1750) was a Marshal of France. He was the second marquis of Céreste, but was better known as « Le Marquis de Brancas ».
- He was also (nominal) prince souverain of the island of Nisyros.
- This principality had been created for Bufille Brancaccio, count of Agnano (Sicily), by Pope Boniface IX. He served Louis XV of France on land and sea and was made a Marshal of France in 1740. Louis-Henri de Brancas-Forcalquier was also French ambassador in Spain, Grandee of Spain and a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. He married on 24 January 1696 with Elizabeth Charlotte de Brancas-Villars.
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