 Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the "duc de Lévis-Mirepoix" (Gaston-Charles-Pierre-François de Lévis; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and Ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a family established in Languedoc as Seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.The "chef de cuisine" to Lévis, Duke of Mirepoix established the sautéed three vegetables that served as a basis for his culinary art, as a "mirepoix" in honor of his patron.