# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-louis-hector-de-villars
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:44:52.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-louis-hector-de-villars"
name: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
slug: "claude-louis-hector-de-villars"
description: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV. He was one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. Villars is considered one of the great military commanders produced by his time."
tagline: "Marshal General of France"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0_'Le_mar%C3%A9chal_de_Villars'_-_Rigaud_-_Vaux-le-Vicomte.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1653-05-08"
deathDate: "1734-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.18849066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%98_%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "كلود لويس هيكتور د ڤيلارس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%96_%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Клод Луі Эктор дэ Вілар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Клод Луи Ектор дьо Вилар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Louis-Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars%2C_1st_Duke_of_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Louis-Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "مارشال ویلار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "クロード・ルイ・エクトル・ド・ヴィラール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%93%9C%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%97%91%ED%86%A0%EB%A5%B4_%EB%93%9C_%EB%B9%8C%EB%9D%BC%EB%A5%B4_%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%91"
    title: "클로드루이엑토르 드 빌라르 공작"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Виллар, Клод Луи Эктор де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Claude Louis Hector de Villars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%98_%D0%95%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Клод Луј Ектор де Вилар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claude_Louis_Hector_de_Villars"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump