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Samuel (de) Constant (de) Rebecque (Lausanne, 26 November 1676 – Lausanne, 6 January 1756) was a Swiss nobleman and a military officer in the service of the Dutch Republic.
Life
He belonged to the de Constant Rebecque family, which originally came from Rebecques in French Flanders before fleeing to Switzerland during the French Wars of Religion.
Constant de Rebecque studied Calvinist theology in Lausanne, Zurich, and Geneva. From 1699, he served as an officer in the army of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, where he expanded a Swiss regiment. During the War of the Spanish Succession, at the Battle of Ramillies (1706), he was able to save John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough and Allied commander, from a fatal attack. In 1712, he was promoted to major. In 1721, he married Rose-Susanne de Saussure from Lausanne. He became a colonel in 1727, a major general in 1742, and finally a lieutenant general in 1747. Constant de Rebecque acquired estates and noble titles in Switzerland. In 1725, he became Lord of Hermenches and Baron of Rebecque; in 1753, he became Lord of Villars-Mendraz.
Furthermore, de Constant de Rebecque served as Governor of Sluis (1746–1748) and Governor of 's-Hertogenbosch (1748–1756).
His son, David-Louis Constant de Rebecque, became his orderly officer and followed him in a military career in the service of the Dutch Republic. Rosalie de Constant was his granddaughter.
Sources
- Aa, Abraham Jacob van der (1858). "Samuel Baron de Constant-Rebecque". Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 3.