Lieutenant général des Armées navales was a naval rank in the French Navy during the ancien Régime and until the French Revolution. [1]
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]
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Lieutenant général des Armées navales was a naval rank in the French Navy during the ancien Régime and until the French Revolution. [1]
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]
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