page_title: François de Créquy
hierarchical_section_title: François de Créquy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: François de Blanchefort de Créquy (1629-1687)
context_page_description: François de Blanchefort de Créquy, later Marquis de Marines was a 17th-century French noble and soldier, who served in the wars of Louis XIV.
  The de Créquys were powerful and well-connected, his grandfather Charles I de Blanchefort being a Marshal of France. Rewarded for supporting the Royalists during the 1648-1653 civil war, his elder brother Charles was a senior advisor to Louis while François had a successful military career.
  Promoted Marshall in 1668, like other French soldiers of his generation he was over shadowed by Condé and Turenne. He fell from favour in April 1672 and although subsequently reinstated failed to regain his former prestige. He retired from service in 1684 and died in Paris in 1687.
context_section_description: François de Blanchefort de Créquy, later Marquis de Marines (1629–1687) was a 17th-century French noble and soldier, who served in the wars of Louis XIV.
  The de Créquys were powerful and well-connected, his grandfather Charles I de Blanchefort (1578–1638) being a Marshal of France. Rewarded for supporting the Royalists during the 1648-1653 civil war, his elder brother Charles (1623-1687) was a senior advisor to Louis while François had a successful military career.
  Promoted Marshall in 1668, like other French soldiers of his generation he was over shadowed by Condé and Turenne. He fell from favour in April 1672 and although subsequently reinstated failed to regain his former prestige. He retired from service in 1684 and died in Paris in 1687.
caption: François de Blanchefort de Créquy, Marquis de Marines by Joseph Parrocel
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