The Marquis fought in the War of the Polish Succession at the Battle of Kehl (1733) and the Battle of Philippsburg (1734), and became a colonel in the War of the Austrian Succession. During the Seven Years' War he was taken prisoner and exchanged at the Battle of Rossbach in 1757, and fought against Prussia in Corbach and Kassel. His portrait is in the Galerie des Batailles at Versailles.