Vauban received his death-blow from this disgrace.

The royal edict was dated March 19, 1707; the great engineer died on the 30th; he was not quite seventy-four.

The king testified no regret for the loss of so illustrious a servant, with whom he had lived on terms of close intimacy.

Vauban had appeared to impugn his supreme authority; this was one of the crimes that Louis XIV.
never forgave.
In 1683, at Colbert's death, Vauban was enjoying the royal favor, which he attributed entirely to Louvois.

The latter reigned without any one to contest his influence with the master.