Jean Charles de Saint-Nectaire

Jean-Charles, marquis de Saint-Nectaire (11 November 1685 – 23 January 1771, Didonne, Saintonge) was a French aristocrat, diplomat and Marshal of France.

He joined the French Army as a lieutenant, was promoted to captain and then colonel (1705) of the Senneterre Dragoons, before serving in Italy in 1703 and 1704, and then in Flanders and on the Rhine from 1705 to 1713.

In 1745 he led military operations in the siege of Casal and the following year took part in Marshal de Maillebois's retreat when faced by superior Austrian and Sardinian forces.

De Saint-Nectaire was summoned to join the French Forces in Flanders in 1747 and 1748, and on 24 February 1757 he was promoted Marshal of France.

He refurbished the Château de Didonne as a country residence, circa 1730, which is now the Musée du Matériel agricole.