Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, Duke of Stainville

Jacques Philippe de Choiseul, Duke of Stainville (6 September 1727, Lunéville – 2 June 1789, Strasbourg) was a French Marshal of France, general and nobleman.

He became count and then in 1786 duke of Stainville (inheriting it from his elder brother Étienne François, duc de Choiseul) and baron of Dommanges.

As a young man he served in the army of empress Maria Theresa and after becoming captain in a dragoon regiment he was made a commander of the Order of Saint Stephen, chamberlain to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, colonel of a regiment of light cavalry, major general and lieutenant field marshal in 1759.

He continued serving in Germany until the end of the Seven Years' War and was giving the posts of commanding inspector of the French grenadier regiment (régiment des grenadiers de France) and inspector general of infantry In 1770 he was made governor general of Lorraine, where he had a triumphal arch (Porte Saint-Louis) built, and on 13 June 1783 he was made marshal of France.

His daughter Marie Thérèse de Choiseul married Prince Joseph of Monaco.