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Gabriel-Joseph de Lavergne, comte de Guilleragues (1628–1684), was a French politician of the 17th century.
For a time, he was secretary of the King's Chamber, and he also director of the '' Gazette de France''.
In 1677, he was named ambassador at the
/ref> Louis XIV communicated to the Turks that he would never fight on the side of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I, and he instead massed troops at the eastern frontier of France. These reassurances encouraged the Turks not to renew the 20-year 1664 Vasvár truce with Austria and to move to the offensive.''The Balkans since 1453'' by Leften Stavros Stavrianos, p.171
/ref> Guilleragues died of
Gabriel-Joseph de Lavergne, comte de Guilleragues (1628–1684), was a French politician of the 17th century.
For a time, he was secretary of the King's Chamber, and he also director of the '' Gazette de France''.
In 1677, he was named ambassador at the Ottoman Court
Ottoman court was the culture that evolved around the court of the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman court was held at the Topkapı Palace in Constantinople where the sultan was served by an army of pages and scholars. Some served in the treasury and th ...
. In 1679 and 1680, Louis XIV
LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...
through Guilleragues encouraged the Ottoman Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa to intervene in the Magyar Rebellion against the Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout Europe d ...
, but without success.''The Siege of Vienna'' by John Stoye, p.52/ref> Louis XIV communicated to the Turks that he would never fight on the side of the Austrian Emperor Leopold I, and he instead massed troops at the eastern frontier of France. These reassurances encouraged the Turks not to renew the 20-year 1664 Vasvár truce with Austria and to move to the offensive.
/ref> Guilleragues died of
apoplexy
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in Constantinople
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in 1684.
He is thought to have been the author of ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun
The ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun'' ( French: ''Les Lettres Portugaises'', literally ''The Portuguese Letters''), first published anonymously by Claude Barbin in Paris in 1669, is a work believed by most scholars to be epistolary fiction in the f ...
''.
Works
* ''Relation véritable de ce qui s'est passé à Constantinople'' * ''Ambassade du Comte de Guilleragues et de M. de Girardin auprès du grand Seigneur''See also
*Franco-Ottoman alliance
The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also known as the Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between Francis I of France, Francis I, King of France and Suleiman the Magnificent, Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire. The strategic and s ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilleragues, Gabriel De 1628 births 1684 deaths Ambassadors of France to the Ottoman Empire 17th-century French male writers 17th-century French novelists 17th-century French diplomats French male novelists