Louis, Grand Condé

Louis II de Bourbon, prince de Condé (8 September 1621 – 11 December 1686), known as le Grand Condé, was a French military commander. A brilliant tactician and strategist, he is regarded as one of France's greatest generals, particularly celebrated for his triumphs in the Thirty Years' War and his campaigns during the Franco-Dutch War. Quotes Silence! Voilá l’ennemi! Hush! Here comes the enemy! Uttered as Louis Bourdaloue rose to deliver a sermon at Saint-Sulpice, Paris. Quoted in P. M. Lauras Bourdalou: sa vie et ses oeuvres (1881), vol. 2, p. 72. Translated in Edwin Charles Dargan, A History of Preaching (New York, 1912), vol. 2, p. 100 Variants: voici for voilá External links Benjamin J. Wertheim, Thrown on the World; or, Saved by Our Hero (Richmond, VA, 1882), p. 15 Category:Military leaders from France Category:1621 births Category:1686 deaths Category:People from Paris