Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya halarci karatun karatu a Kwalejin Sedan, amma yana da shekaru goma sha shida ya yi aiki a matsayin cornet (mai ɗauke da tuta) ga Furotesta Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, mai mulkin yarima na Sedan, wanda ya bi shi a kewaye da Vercelli a Piedmont (1614), sannan kuma a yakin Prague
, 8 ga Nuwamba, shekara ta 1620. A cikin 1621 ya ayyana kansa a matsayin Roman Katolika duk da cewa har yanzu yana aiki a ƙarƙashin Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne. Tare da barkewar rikice-rikice a cikin Yaƙin Shekaru talatin, ya halarci kewaye da Saint-Jean d'Angely da Montauban, sannan ya umurci sojoji da ke kawar da kewaye da Coblenz; ya yi yaƙi a ƙarƙashin maréchal de La Force, ya umurci sojoji a Berry da Artois, an sanya shi marshal (1639), laftanar-janar (1650), sannan, an kira shi daga Coblenz ya zama gwamnan Arras, ya yi suna don kansa a kare Arras (1654), yana fuskantar ƙasa da kuma kai hari ga yarima de Condé, a shugabancin sojojin Spain; Babban Condé ya tilasta yin ritaya, 25 ga Agusta. Sakamakon wannan nasarar an sanya shi Marquis de Montejeu kuma Marshal na Faransa, 16 Yuni 1658. An sanya shi Chevalier du Saint-Esprit, 31 ga Disamba, 1661. Ya mutu a 1671 a cikin gidansa na Montejeu, Attigny.