He married, on 5 February 1577, Charlotte de Gontaut, (1561–June 1635), daughter of marshal Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, and by her had ten children:[9]
He married, after 1635, Anne de Mornay, widow of Jacques Moues and daughter of Philippe de Mornay[9][10]
He married, after 1635, Isabelle de Clermont-Gallerande, widow of Gideon van den Boetzelaer (1569–1634), Ambassador of the States of Holland in France.[9][10]
As marquis de La Force, he served Henri IV, whose confidence he enjoyed. He was governor of Béarn from 1593 to 1621 and then viceroy of Navarre.[4] After the assassination of Henry IV in 1610, he fought with the Huguenots against Louis XIII. He plotted with Henri de Rohan and participated in the successful defence of Montauban in 1621, after an 86-day siege by the king, although he was reconciled with Louis XIII the following year.[4] La Force was made a marshal of France on 27 May 1622, to be employed as the Lieutenant-General of the Army of Piedmont.[11] He campaigned in Piedmont in 1630, taking Pinerolo as well as Saluzzo and defeated the Spaniards at Carignano.[5]
In 1631, he served in the Languedoc and between 1631 and 1634 he invaded Lorraine,[5] and took La Mothe after a siege of 141 days in which Turenne first distinguished himself and La Force's grandson Jacques was killed.[12][13] In Germany, in 1634, he also raised the siege of Philippsburg in Baden and captured the general Colloredo.[14] In the following year, he relieved Heidelberg and took Speyer.[12][15][16]
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