Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 23: A Contemporary Version With Notes The first general to put a check to the superiority Of the French arms was a Frenchman, for so we Should call Prince Eugene, though he was the grand son Of Charles Emanuel, duke of Savoy: his father, the count de Soissons, had settled in France, where he was lieutenant - general Of the king's armies, and governor of Champagne, and had married Olympia Mancini, one of the nieces Of Cardinal Mazarin. From this match, so unfortunate in other respects, was born this prince, who afterward proved so dangerous an adversary to Louis XIV., and was so little known to him in his youth. He was known at first in France by the name of the Chevalier de Carignan; he afterward took the petit collet, and was called the Abbot Of Savoy. It is said that he asked the king for a regiment, which his majesty, refused him, on account of his being too much con 5. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.