VENDOME, Loris JosEert, Duke de (1054 A French general. the son of Louis, Duke de Vendrune. Ile NV s born in Paris, July 1, li35 4, served during the Dutch campaign of 1672, and afterward under Tamale in Germany and Alsace, and tinder CrNiii in Flanders. After the Peace of Nimeguen (1678) he retired to his chateau of Anet, near Dreux, until the outbreak of war in 1688. Ile fought under Luxembonrg in the Low Countries, and later eommanded the left wing of Catinat's army nt the battle of Alarsaglia ((Ho lier 4, 1693). In 1695 he was assigned to the bead of the army in Catalonia, and achieved a series ief brilliant successes, closing with the yap tore of Barcelona. After the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession he sowevedeil Villoroy in Italy (1702), won the victories of ustiano and San-Vittoria, and compelled the temporary retirement of Prime Eugene. In 1703 be curried on a successful campaign against the Austrians. and in the summer of 170d he was recalled to supersede Villeroy in the Low Coun tries. His quarrels with the Duke of Burgundy, who had received a command under him, led to the defeat of the French at Oudenarde (q.v.).
After the capitulation of Lille he was recalled. In 1710 Vendome was sent, at the urgent request of Philip V.. to Spain, where the British and Aus trians were carrying all before them. His ap pearance brought together a numerous army of volunteers, and Philip was restored to his capital before the close of the year. Stanhope and the British troops were defeated at Brihnega, Decem ber 9th, and on the following day Starhemberg and the Austrians were routed at Villaviciosa. The King raised his deliverer to the rank of a prince of the blood royal. Vendlime was a great war rior and a man of keen intellect, but indolent and grossly immoral. He died at Vinaroz. Cata lonia, June 15, 1712. Saint-Simon, in his memoires, gives a highly colored and un friendly picture of the man. Consult also De Bel leri v e, Les dcrnieres compagucs de Lois is Jo seph de Vendome (Paris, 1714) ; Voltaire, Le siecle de Louis X11".