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Charles-Auguste de Goÿon de Matignon, comte de Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier, www.mba.caen.fr
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Charles-Auguste de Goÿon de Matignon, comte de Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier, diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or interna ...
and Marshal of France
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The youngest son of François de Goÿon, sieur
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of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne ''née'' de Malon de Bercy, he was descended from the ancient noble Breton family de Bricquebec.
A career soldier, Goÿon-Matignon rose to become Governor of Aunis (1688), Marshal of the French Army (1691), before being appointed Field Marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...
(1708).
A portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud
Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (; 18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (), was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.
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hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen is a fine arts museum in the French city of Caen, founded at the start of the 19th century and rebuilt in 1971 within the ducal château.
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Opening
On September 1, 1801, the Minister of Interior Jean-A ...
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See also
*Count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York ...
* Gacé
Gacé () is a commune in the Orne department in Lower-Normandy, north-western France.
Population
Heraldry
Administration
Twin towns
* Kinross, Perth & Kinross, Scotland
See also
* Communes of the Orne department
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* Jacques I, Prince of Monaco
Jacques I (Jacques François Léonor Goyon de Matignon Grimaldi; 21 November 1689 – 23 April 1751) was Prince of Monaco from 1731 to 1733. He was also Duke of Valentinois from 1716 until 1733, and Count of Thorigny.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goyon de Matignon, Charles-Auguste 1647 births 1729 deaths French generals French noble families Counts of France 18th-century French diplomats Ambassadors of France to Great Britain