Lieutenant général des Armées navales was a naval rank in the French Navy during the ancien Régime and until the French Revolution.[1]
History
Cardinal Mazarin created the rank of Lieutenant général des Armées navales in 1652, as an immediate subordinate of the Vice-Admirals, tasked with managing the Chefs d'escadre of the Flotte du Ponant in Brest. In 1654, a second position of Lieutenant général was created for the Levant Fleet in Toulon.[1]
The rank was changed into Vice-amiral around 1792.[1]
Sources and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Vergé-Franceschi (2002), p. 858.
References
- Vergé-Franceschi, Michel (2002). Dictionnaire d'Histoire maritime. Paris: Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-08751-8.
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