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From Wikipedia: Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675) was the most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family. He achieved military fame and became a Marshal of France. He was one of six marshals who have been made Marshal General of France.

He had a big influence on France during the reigns of Louis XIII and XIV. And even Napoleon recommended that his commanders read Turenne's campaigns. What if he had died shortly after beginning to serve France in the early 1630s, before his military career really got started? Even though he wasn't the only good commander France had, it seems that he had a big hand in developing France as a nation in the 17th century. Is it likely that France would have come out of this period relatively the same as in OTL without him? If not, what would have likely happened to France?
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