Gualterius de Lavendel was an ambassador of the king

Charles II of Anjou Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (french: Charles le Boiteux; it, Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine ( ...

to the Mongol ruler

Ghazan Mahmud Ghazan (5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) (, Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by the Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of A ...

. He went to

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to visit Ghazan, and arrived there after 27 April 1303.Schein, p.813 The embassy followed the 1302 Peace of Caltabellotta which ended the conflict between Anjou and Aragon in the

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*Sylvia Schein, ''Gesta Dei per Mongolos 1300'', The English Historical Review, 1979 Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Ambassadors to the Mongol Empire 14th-century French people 14th-century diplomats {{France-diplomat-stub