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    The French Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, also known as CECMED (French for Commandant en chef pour la Méditerranée) is a French Armed Forces regional...
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    The Levant Fleet (French: Flotte du Levant) was the designation under the Ancien Regime for the naval vessels of the Royal French Navy in the Mediterranean...
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    1666–1693 Rank Marshal of France Vice admiral of the Flotte du Levant Commands Flotte du Levant Soleil Royal Battles/wars Cretan War Candia Expedition...
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    mentioned after 1624 Galion de Guise (May 1620) – Flagship of the Flotte du Levant 1621–22; accidentally burnt (in combat by French fireship) at Barcelona...
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    protecting convoys. Its counterpart was the Levant Fleet, based in the Mediterranean Sea. The Flotte du Ponant was created by Cardinal Richelieu (A former...
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    Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies until 1791, such as in the Levant Fleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy has a similar...
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    He was general of the galleys of the Mediterranean (Amiral de la Flotte du Levant). Bertrand d'Ornesan tried to establish a French trading post at Pernambuco...
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  • Thumbnail for François Louis Rousselet de Châteaurenault
    1661–1716 Rank Maréchal de France Vice admiral of the Flotte du Levant Commands Flotte du Levant Battles/wars Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) Battle of the...
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  • 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. The rank...
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  • Thumbnail for Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon
    1668–1730 Rank Maréchal de France Vice admiral of the Flotte du Levant Commands Flotte du Levant Battles/wars Franco-Dutch War Battle of Solebay Battle...
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