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François Du Val De Fontenay-Mareuil
François du Val, Marquis de Fontenay-Mareuil (fôNt′nā̇′mȧ′rẽ′y’) (c.1594-1665) was a French soldier, diplomat, and historian. Biography He was brought up at the Court of Louis XIII.; served with Mayenne in Spain; with Nevers at Ratisbon; under Boisdauphin at the siege of Soissons (1617); in 1619 in Normandy; at Saint-Jean d'Angély, Clérac, and Montauban (1621); at Saint-Antoine and Montpellier (1622); at the Ile de Ré (1627); and at the sieges of La Rochelle (1628), of Privas, and of Alais (1629). Then his diplomatic career began. He announced the capture of La Rochelle to the Duke of Savoy; escorted Montpensier to the Court; negotiated with Rohan; and from 1630 to 1633 was Ambassador to England. After taking part in various campaigns against the Imperialists and Spaniards, he was Ambassador at Rome from 1640 to 1650. His memoirs, published at Paris, 1826 (vol. i., of the first series of the ''Collection'' ''Pettitot''), are both interesting and valu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XIII Of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. Shortly before his ninth birthday, Louis became king of France and Navarre after his father Henry IV was assassinated. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted as regent during his minority. Mismanagement of the kingdom and ceaseless political intrigues by Marie and her Italian favourites led the young king to take power in 1617 by exiling his mother and executing her followers, including Concino Concini, the most influential Italian at the French court. Louis XIII, taciturn and suspicious, relied heavily on his chief ministers, first Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes and then Cardinal Richelieu, to govern the Kingdom of France. The King and the Cardinal are remembered for establishing the '' Académie française'', and ending the revolt o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of France To England
This is a list of France, French ambassadors to England. Note that during much of this period there was no set ambassador, with frequent periods of lagging relations. * 1526–1535 : Charles de Solier, comte de Morette * 1535–1537 : Antoine de Castelnau * 1537–1538 : Louis de Perreau, Sieur de Castillon * 1538–1543 : Charles de Marillac * 1543–1546 : Aymar Chaste * 1546–1548 : Odet de Selve * 1553–1556 : Antoine, 1st comte de Noailles * Oct 1556–1560 : Gilles de Noailles (as French agent) * Feb 1560–1562 : Michel de Sèvre (Ambassador Extraordinary) * Nov 1561/21 Feb 1562–1566 : Paul de Foix, Paul de Foix de Carmain * 1566–1568 : Jacques Bochetel de la Forest * 1568–1574 : Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon * 1574–1584 : Michel de Castelnau * 1585–1589 : Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf * 1589–1592 : Aymar Chaste * 1602–1606 : Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont * 1606–1613 : Antoine Lefèvre de la Boderie * 1611–1615 : Samuel Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Ambassadors To The Holy See
This incomplete list of French ambassadors to the Holy See since the Middle Ages includes all regimes from the Kingdom of France to the current French Republic: Ambassadors from the Kingdom of France * 1491-1499: Jean de Bilhères * 1547-1550: Claude d'Urfé * 1564-1566: Henri Cleutin * 1568-1570: Charles d'Angennes de Rambouillet * 1654-1659?: Hugues de Lionne * 1662-1665: Charles III de Créquy * 1667-1670?: Charles d'Albert d'Ailly * 1698-1700: Cardinal de Bouillon * 1700-1701: Louis I, Prince of Monaco, died in office * 1701-1706: Toussaint de Forbin-Janson * 1715-?: Michel Amelot de Gournay * 1721-1724: Pierre Guérin de Tencin * 1724-1731: Melchior de Polignac * 1731-1740: Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan * 1745-1747: Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld * 1748-1752: Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini * 1753-1757: Étienne François, count of Stainville, later duc de Choiseul * 1758-1762: Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de Lussan d'Aubeterre * 1769-1791: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassadors Of France To England
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also used informally for people who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities, and fields of endeavor, such as sales. An ambassador is the ranking government representative stationed in a foreign capital or country. The host country typically allows the ambassador control of specific territory called an embassy, whose territory, staff, and vehicles are generally afforded diplomatic immunity in the host country. Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an ambassador has the highest diplomatic rank. Countries may choose to maintain diplomatic relations at a lower level by appointing a chargé d'affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassadors Of France To The Holy See
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also used informally for people who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities, and fields of endeavor, such as sales. An ambassador is the ranking government representative stationed in a foreign capital or country. The host country typically allows the ambassador control of specific territory called an embassy, whose territory, staff, and vehicles are generally afforded diplomatic immunity in the host country. Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an ambassador has the highest diplomatic rank. Countries may choose to maintain diplomatic relations at a lower level by appointing a chargé d'affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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