Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Quick Facts

Intro

Marshal of France

Places

France

was

Diplomat Military personnel

Work field

Military Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

2 December 1699 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Belleville, France

Star sign

Sagittarius People who share this birthday

Death

24 September 1757 People who died on this day

Place of death

Montpellier, France

Age

57 years

Family

Spouse:

Anne Marguerite Gabrielle de Beauveau-Craon

Awards

Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit

Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel

Marshal of France

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (Gaston-Charles-Pierre-François de Lévis; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and Ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a family established in Languedoc as Seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.

Lévis family arms

The chef de cuisine to Lévis, Duke of Mirepoix established the sautéed three vegetables that served as a basis for his culinary art, as a mirepoix in honor of his patron.

According to Pierre Larousse (quoted in the Oxford Companion to Food), the unfortunate Duke of Mirepoix was "an incompetent and mediocre individual. . . who owed his vast fortune to the affection Louis XV felt toward his wife and who had but one claim to fame: he gave his name to a sauce made of all kinds of meat and a variety of seasonings".

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