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unusual facts about Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau



Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau

Born at Huy in the Austrian Netherlands in 1743, Argenteau joined the Mercy d'Argenteau Infantry Regiment Nr. 56 in 1760.

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

He was played by Henry Stephenson in the 1938 Marie Antoinette film, and by Steve Coogan in the 2006 film of the same name.

In 1792 he became governor-general of the Austrian Netherlands, which had just been reduced to obedience by Austria, and here his ability and experience made him a very successful ruler.

François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet

# Michel Gabriel Alphonse Ferdinand (1810-1865) - father of Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau

Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-Argenteau

After his defeat at the Battle of Sedan, she visited him for a last time when he was a prisoner of the Prussians at Schloss Wilhelmshöhe and consoled him playing music.

Montenotte Campaign

On 14 April, Bonaparte directed Masséna and Laharpe to attack Argenteau in the Second Battle of Dego.


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