Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont (1640 – 28 January 1710 in

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) was the first French ambassador for King

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in 1685.Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited He was accompanied on his mission by Abbé de Choisy, the Jesuit

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, and Father Bénigne Vachet of the Société des Missions Étrangères de Paris. He was also bringing back to Siam the two ambassadors of the 1684 First Siamese Embassy to France.
Asia in the Making of Europe By Donald F. Lach, p.253 He tried without success to convert King Narai the Great to

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and to conclude significant commercial treaties. He is best remembered for his

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s describing life in 17th century

. A "Chevalier de Chaumont" is also mentioned several times in the

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