1691 Lorges was elevated by Louis XIV to duc de Quintin-Lorge. On 27 September 1692, he surprised and routed 4,000 imperial cavalry under the command of Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental in their camp at Ötisheim and took Württemberg prisoner. On 22 May 1693 Lorges took the city of Heidelberg, then the capital of the Electoral Palatinate. The castle capitulated the next day. Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, was also Duke of Jülich and Berg and resided at Düsseldorf. Heidelberg been burned by René de Froulay de Tessé in 1689 and the castle's Fat Tower had been blown up. Lorges now completed the destruction by burning the town and castle again. The commander des Bordes blew up many of the fortifications, notably the castle's Powder Tower, now known as the "Gesprengte Turm" (Blown-up Tower). The campaign of 1694 was relatively uneventful for the Rhine Army. On 20 June 1695, Lorges fell ill and was temporarily replaced by Joyeuse as commander of the Rhine Army. Lorges's wife came from Paris and took him to Vichy so that he should take thermal baths there for his health. On 4 September Lorges returned to his post. In 1696 he was ill again and Marshal Choiseul was appointed in his place. On 30 October 1697 the Emperor signed the Peace of Ryswick ending the Nine Years' War. Death and timeline On 22 October 1702 he died in Paris of a botched kidney-stone surgery; Guy died in agonising pain, which he endured with great courage. He was succeeded by his son , who would marry firstly Geneviève Chamillart (1685-1714) and then secondly in 1720 Marie Anne Antoinette de Mesmes (1696–1757), eldest daughter of Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, the premier président of the Parlement of Paris. Notes and references Notes Citations Sources – Dukes (for Durfort) – Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit and general index – D to F (for Feversham) – 1675 to 1676 – DOU to FEV (for Durfort) – 1691 to 1709 – 1643 to 1681 (for the Siege of Maastricht) – 1681 to 1693 – 1694 to 1702 – 1691 to 1693 – 1694 to 1695 1630 births 1702 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism Dukes of Lorges French military personnel of the Nine Years' War French military personnel of the Franco-Dutch War Marshals of France