Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières

Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières (1 January 1632 – 15 March 1711) was count of Choiseul, marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre, and a Marshal of France beginning in 1693.

Claude de Choiseul-Francières was the son of Louis de Francières, baron and later Marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre and of Catherine de Nicey.

He was brigadier in 1667, Maréchal de camp in 1669, Lieutenant-general in 1676 and finally Marshal of France in 1693.

On 5 May 1658 he married Catherine (died 17 October 1710), daughter of Gaston de Renty, baron of Landelles.

[1] His remains were rediscovered in 1860 and reburied in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.