Henri François de Ségur

Henri François de Ségur (June 1 1689 - Metz June 18 1751), baron of Romainville, lord of Ponchat and Fougueyrolles, was a French military.

He was the son of Henri Joseph de Ségur and Claude Élisabeth Binet.
He married on September 12 1718 in Cagny with Angélique de Froissy (1702-1785), illegitimate daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who acknowledged her four years later.
They had three children :
* Henriette Élisabeth de Ségur, born December 20 1722.
* Philippe Henri de Ségur (1724-1801), marshal of France in 1783.
* Henriette Césarine de Ségur (1726-1782), married Bertrand Gaich, baron de la Crozes, Knight of Saint-Louis

He was maréchal de camp in 1734, lieutenant général in 1738, and inspecteur général of the cavalry and the dragoons.
He fought in the War of Austrian Succession, where he lost the Battle of Pfaffenhofen but prevented the total destruction of his army.
He was made a Knight in the Ordre du Saint-Esprit on February 2 1748.

He was made governor of the County of Foix from 1737 until 1751, when he was succeeded by his son.
He bought the castle of Romainville in 1723.

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