Montluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de

Montluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de (blez du läsräN'-mäsäNkôm', sānyör' du môNlük') [key], c.1502–1577, marshal of France. A Gascon soldier of fortune, he fought in the Italian Wars and the Wars of Religion. His famous Commentaires (1592), which King Henry IV called “the soldier's bible,” are admirable military history.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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