Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières (23 September 1711, Aix-en-Provence – 10 October 1775, Versailles), comte du Muy, comte de Grignan, was a French soldier and statesman from a family originating in Provence. He was made a member of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit in 1764.
Former menin of the Dauphin, he remained so attached to him that he asked to be buried at his feet in Sens. This request was also made to please Louis XVI. Like Maurepas he was made secretary of state for war on 5 June 1774. He was made marshal of France in 1775.
Notes and references
- See Alphéran 1846, T. II: 420.
Bibliography
- M. le Tourneur: l'Eloge de M. le maréchal du Muy: Bruxelles: 1778.
- Roux Alphéran: Les Rues d'Aix ou Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de provence, Bd. II, S. 433ff. Aix en Provence 1846. online - see Rue St. Michel
External links
- Bust of the comte de Muy by Jean-Jacques Caffieri at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (1776)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byEmmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon | Secretary of State for War 1774–1775 |
Succeeded byClaude Louis, Comte de Saint-Germain |