Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages

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Jean Bonaventure du Mont, comte de Gages (1682 - 1753) was a Bourbon aristocrat and soldier in the service of Spain. As Captain General, he led the Spanish and Neapolitan armies in Italy against the Austrians during the War of the Austrian Succession. On February 8, 1743, he met the Austrians and Sardinians at the Battle of Campo Santo which was widely considered a victory in Madrid.

When Marshal Saxe defeated the British Army at Fontenoy in 1745 and overran the Low Countries, the Spanish Crown granted du Mont the county of Gages near Brugelette in Hainaut (formerly part of the Spanish Netherlands, but under Austrian control since the Treaty of Utrecht).