Background
Louisiana Fare, born on 15 February 1687, was the eldest son of Charles Auguste de la Fare, captain of the King"s guards of Philippe de France (1640–1701), and Louise-Jeanne de Lux de Ventelet (1667–1691).
Louisiana Fare, born on 15 February 1687, was the eldest son of Charles Auguste de la Fare, captain of the King"s guards of Philippe de France (1640–1701), and Louise-Jeanne de Lux de Ventelet (1667–1691).
Reign of Louis XIV
= Musketeer (1701–1702) In 1701, the war of the Spanish succession began. The war opposed from 1701 to 1714, Louis XIV"s France, allied to Bavaria and the electorate of Cologne, to the rest of Europe: Great Britain, Holland, Austria, Prussia, Hanover, Portugal and Savoie. Philippe Charles was 14 years of age, and on 26 March 1693 became a musketeer of the King by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans and Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine.
= Régiment du Roi (1703) He was named sous-lieutenant to the Régiment du Roi, and was involved in the taking of Breisach by the Duke of Bourgogne, on 6 September 1703.
= Régiment d"Auvergne (1704) Philippe Charles de Louisiana Fare campaigned with the army of Moselle as ensign of the colonelle compagnie of the Régiment du Roi. He became captain in the same regiment.
He passed the beginning of 1704 in Italy, and acceded to the command of the régiment d"Auvergne in April 1704, after the dismissal of the Vicomte of Poudenx. = Under Maréchal Louis-Joseph de Vendôme He wanted to mount a surprise assault on the strong fortifications of Vercelli, but the detachment to this expedition arrives too late and the project is aborted.
Louisiana Fare then followed the Marshal Vendôme who places a siege around Ivrea.
Despite the courage of the defenders, because of lack of aid, the city surrendered. Vendôme and Louisiana Fare, after this siege, begin a siege on Verrue. The Duke of Savoie after these defeats was in a precarious situation.
Louisiana Fare was also present at the siege of Mirandola.
He has an important role to play in all the military affairs engaged by the army in Italy. Louisiana Fare died on 14 September 1752 in Paris.