Louis de Bourbon

For the next two years, political infighting resulted in Louis having to defend his reputation, but when much of France rose in rebellion in 1648 and Spain attempted to intervene, it was to Louis that the French crown turned. He met the Spanish at Lens and crushed them in what would prove to be the last major battle of the Thirty Years’ War. From 1650 to 1653, he consorted with the Spanish and fought against Turenne at the Battle of Faubourg St Antoine. It was at the Battle of the Dunes in 1658 that Louis and Turenne met again, with Turenne winning a decisive victory, leading to the Treaty of the Pyrenees between Spain and France. After his reconciliation with the French crown, Louis fought alongside Turenne against the Dutch in 1672 before personally taking on the Prince of Orange at the bloody Battle of Seneffe in 1674. After some more campaigning in 1675, Louis retired from the military, dying eleven years later as a national hero. 

Pack contains one metal miniature on horseback.