[3] They are buried in the Cathedral of Metz[4] His epitaph reads: "Hic jacel Vir illustrissimus Pomponius de Reffuge, cui Ludovicus magnus, œquus virtutum œsiimator, Olim commuerai Carolomontum gubernandum ; Ducendos et vice regiâ, exercitus ; Sobilem ad arma juventutem instituendam ; In comitatu Burgundiœ , intra trium episcopatum Fines militare imperium.

Abi , viator, Et laudes quas ultra meruit et hoc marmo silet piis pro Mo precibus compensa".

He served in the War of Devolution in that year and took part in the sieges of Charleroi, Tournai, Douai, and Lille.

After he was invalided out in 1668, he was appointed Lieutenant-du-Roy (governor) of the Bailiwick of Évreux in 1670, after his brother gave up the post.

He took the corps of the Marquis de Conflans, consisting of 15 battalions of foot and 15 squadrons of horse, and drew siege artillery from Metz and Saarlouis.

He bravely defended the city on the 16th of June 1712, but was unable to prevent the depradations of the Dutch troopers on the surrounding countryside.

[8] The Duke of Saint-Simon relates in his Mémoires that Pomponne de Refuge was a walking repository of genealogical information.