Charles-Gustave de Falkenhayn (14 July 1724 – 1793 or later[1]) was a French general of German ancestry.
He became a colonel in the Regiment Royal-Pologne in 1754 and commanded the Regiment de Baviere from 1762.
He was promoted to brigadier in 1762 and marechal de camp in 1770.
He was second-in-command of the Franco-Spanish Invasion of Minorca in 1781 and also came into contact with Benjamin Franklin in 1783.
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