Samuel Constant de Rebecque

[2] Constant de Rebecque studied Calvinist theology in Lausanne, Zurich, and Geneva.

[1] From 1699, he served as an officer in the army of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands,[1] where he expanded a Swiss regiment.

[1] Constant de Rebecque was also present at the Battle of Oudenaarde in 1708, the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, and several major sieges of the time, earning the great esteem of both Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy.

[1] Constant de Rebecque acquired estates and noble titles in Switzerland.

[1] His son, David-Louis Constant de Rebecque, became his orderly officer and followed him in a military career in the service of the Dutch Republic.