Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French

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who served

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as captain of the

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. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the

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. A fictionalised account of his life by

Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (1644, Montargis – 8 May 1712, Paris) was a French novelist, journalist, pamphleteer and memorialist. His abundant output includes short stories, gallant letters, tales of historical love affairs (''Les Intrigu ...

formed the basis for the

d'Artagnan Romances ''The d'Artagnan Romances'' are a set of three novels by Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), telling the story of the 17th-century musketeer d'Artagnan. Dumas based the character and attributes of d'Artagnan on captain of musketeers Charles de Batz ...

of Alexandre Dumas ''père'', most famously including ''

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'' (1844). The heavily fictionalised version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure.

Early life

D'Artagnan was born at the

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near

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in south-western France. His father, Bertrand de Batz lord of Castelmore, was the son of a newly ennobled merchant, Arnaud de Batz, who purchased the Château de Castelmore. Charles de Batz went to Paris in the 1630s, using the name of his mother Françoise de Montesquiou d'Artagnan. D'Artagnan found a way to enter into the Musketeers in 1632 through the support of his uncle, Henri de Montesquiou d'Artagnan or perhaps thanks to the influence of Henri's friend, Monsieur de Tréville. D’Artagnan joined the guards in the mid-1630s and served under Captain des Essarts. The regiment saw much action in the early 1640s, taking part in sieges at Arras, Aire-sur-la-Lys, la Bassée and Bapaume in 1640–41 and Collioure and

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in 1642. Whether or not d’Artagnan was personally involved is unclear, but it is likely he took part in some, if not all, of these sieges. While in the Musketeers, d'Artagnan sought the protection of the influential

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, France's principal minister from 1643. In 1646, the Musketeers company was dissolved, but d'Artagnan continued to serve his protector Mazarin.

Career

D'Artagnan had a career in

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for

, in the years after the first

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. Owing to d'Artagnan's faithful service during this period, Louis XIV entrusted him with many secret and delicate situations that required complete discretion. He followed Mazarin during his exile in 1651 in the face of the hostility of the aristocracy. In 1652, d'Artagnan was promoted to

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in the

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, and fought at the Battle of Stenay in 1654, as well as in sieges at Landrecies and Saint-Ghislaine, then to captain in 1655. In 1658, he became a second lieutenant in the newly reformed Musketeers. This was a promotion, as the Musketeers were far more prestigious than the Gardes-Françaises. D'Artagnan was famous for his connection with the arrest of

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. Fouquet was Louis XIV's finance commissioner and aspired to take the place of Mazarin as the king's advisor. Fouquet was also a lover of grand architecture and employed the greatest architects and artisans in the building of his Chateau

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. On 17 August 1661, he celebrated the completion with a most extravagant feast, at which every guest was given a horse. The king, however, felt upstaged by the grandeur of the home and event and, suspecting that such magnificence could only be explained through Fouquet's pilfering the royal treasury, three weeks later had d'Artagnan arrest Fouquet. To prevent his escape by bribery, d'Artagnan was assigned to guard him for four years until Fouquet was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1667, d'Artagnan was promoted to

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of the Musketeers, the effective commander as the nominal captain was the king. As befitted his rank and position, he could be identified by his striking burgundy, white, and black livery—the colours of the commanding officer of the Musketeers. Another of d'Artagnan's assignments was the governorship of

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, which was won in battle by France in 1667. D'Artagnan was an unpopular governor and longed to return to battle. He found his chance when Louis XIV went to war with the

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in the

. After being recalled to service, d'Artagnan was killed in battle on 25 June 1673, when a

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tore into his throat at the siege of Maastricht. The French historian Odile Bordaz believes that he was buried in Saint Peter and Paul Church in Wolder, a district of Maastricht, the Netherlands. Wolder was Louis XIV's headquarters during the Maastricht siege and he attended mass in the local church every day. In contrast, the archaeologist Wim Dijkman, curator of the historical collections of the city of Maastricht at Centre Céramique, says that there is no historical or archaeological evidence for the claim.

Marriage and descendants

On 5 March 1659, D'Artagnan married Anne-Charlotte Boyer de Chanlecy (1624–1683), lady of Sainte-Croix, and widow of Jean-Elenor de Damas. She was the daughter of Charles Boyer, lord of Chanlecy and Sainte-Croix, and Claude de Rymon, lady of la Rochette. The couple soon separated, D'Artagnan pursuing his military career while his wife left Paris to live on her lands at Sainte-Croix, where she died on 31 December, 1683. They had two sons, both of whom entered the military: :*Louis de Batz de Castelmore (the elder), was born in 1660, took the title of count d’Artagnan and died at Château de Castelmore in December 1709. :*Louis de Batz de Castelmore (the younger), born 4 July 1661 in Chalon-sur-Saône, was a knight, later known as count d’Artagnan, baron of Sainte-Croix, lord of Chanlecy and Castelmore, and became

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. He married on 21 May, 1707 Marie Anne Amé (1670–1714) and died on 7 June, 1714 at the castle of Sainte-Croix. He also had two sons: ::*Louis-Gabriel de Batz de Castelmore, born in 1710, was known as marquis of Castelmore and baron of Sainte-Croix, cavalry officer then gendarmerie officer. He sold on 30 October, 1769 the Château de Castelmore. He died in Paris on 15 August, 1783 at the age of 73. He married on 12 July, 1745 Constance Gabrielle du Moncel de Lourailles (1720–1764), widow of Joseph II Bonnier de la Mosson. He had a son Louis Constantin.''Bulletin de la Société archéologique, historique littéraire & scientifique du Gers'', 1973, : extrait de baptême de M. le comte de Castelmor. Reconstitution des actes d’État-civil. Dépôt central palais de la Bourse. Entrée le 21 septembre 1872, No. 75e341. Pour copie conforme, Paris le 6 mai 1968. Direction des Archives de Paris.
/ref> :::*Louis Constantin de Batz de Castelmore,Archives départementales de la Haute-Saône, État-civil de la commune de Scey sur Saône et Saint-Albin, acte de décès le 14 décembre 1827 de Louis Constantin de Batz de Castelmore; fils de Louis Gabriel de Batz marquis de Castelmore et de Constance Gabrielle Dumoncel
/ref>René Batz
''Études sur la contre-Révolution : la vie et les conspirations de Jean, baron de Batz'', 1908, p. 45.
/ref> born in Paris on 25 July, 1747, Cavalry officer in the régiment Royal-étranger in 1764 in Strasbourg. He became second lieutenant on 5 April, 1764, captain in 1765 and assistant-major on 2 March, 1773.''Société archéologique, historique, littéraire et scientifique du Gers'', docteur Maurice Bats « La postérité de d’Artagnan », Impr. F. Cocharaux, Auch, 1973, pp. 55 à 60.
/ref>Louis Grasset-Morel, ''Les Bonnier, ou, Une Famille de financiers au XVIIIe siècle'', E. Dentu, 1886, .
/ref> At the death of his father, he attended the sealing of his apartment in Paris on August 16, 1783. He married Jeanne Molé (born in 1755) on 24 April, 1793. He lived in Paris then he emigrated during the French Revolution. From 1809 he lived for two years at the prince of Bauffremont's castle at Scey-sur-Saône.Odile Brel-Bordaz, ''D'Artagnan, mousquetaire du roi : sa vie, son époque, ses contemporains'', Éditions du Griot, 1995, .
/ref> On 16 March, 1826, he declared before a notary that he had lived for twenty years at the prince de Bauffremont's castle in Scey sur Saône and that he does not own anything and lives at the expense of the prince. He died at Scey sur Saône on 14 December, 1827. He had two daughters: Louise-Constance (born in 1775) and Aglaé-Rosalie-Victorine (born in 1776). ::::*Louise-Constance de Batz de Castelmore, born on 4 May, 1775 in Paris. She had a son Jean-Guillaume-Ernest Batz, born in Besançon on 9 February, 1809, (his father is unknown). She was still living at the prince de Bauffremont's castle in Scey-sur-Saône, when she gives consent to the marriage of his son Jean-Guillaume Bats in 1833. She died on 14 April, 1857 in Reims. :::::*Jean-Guillaume-Ernest Bats, born on 9 February, 1809 in Besançon, silk manufacturer from Lyon, he married Julie Masson (1806–1839) on 9 February, 1834 who would later give birth to a son named François. He married Claire Billon (1818–1875) on 15 April, 1840 in La Guillotière. They would have 3 children: Constance-Claudine (born in 1841), Louis-Alexandre (born in 1847) and Anne (born in 1850). ::::::*François Bats, born on 30 November, 1834 in Lyon. Married on 8 November, 1862 in Lyon Catherine-Charlotte Damaisin. He had two daughters : Claire de Bats (1863) married on 22 February, 1883 Eugène Félix Marius Guilhaume and Jeanne-Anne de Bats. :::::::*Jeanne-Anne de Bats, born on 10 November, 1867 in Lyon, married on 17 September, 1895 in Lyon Alfred Cahn.
In 1969 their grandson Maurice Cahn was allowed to change his name to « Bats » in memory of his ancestor the famous French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore as known as d'Artagnan. ::::::::*Maurice de Batz, has two sons, Olivier and Rolland, and three grandchildren: Antonin, Clément and Gaspart. ::::*Aglaé-Rosalie-Victorine de Batz de Castelmore, born on 4 September 1776 in Paris.

Portrayals in fiction

The real d'Artagnan's life was used as the basis for

' novel ''Les mémoires de M. d'Artagnan''.

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in turn used Sandras' novel as the main source for his

(''

'', ''

Twenty Years After ''Twenty Years After'' () is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of '' The d'Artagnan Romances'', it is a sequel to ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) and precedes the 1847–1850 novel '' The Vicomte de ...

'' and ''

The Vicomte de Bragelonne ''The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later'' ( ) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of '' The d'Artagnan Romances'', following ''The Three Musketeers'' and '' Twenty Years After''. It appeared first in serial form between 1 ...

''), which cover d'Artagnan's career from his humble beginnings in

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to his death at

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. Although Dumas knew that Sandras's version was heavily fictionalised, in the preface to ''The Three Musketeers'' he affected to believe that the memoirs were real, in order to make his novel more believable. D'Artagnan is initially portrayed by Dumas as a hotheaded youth, who tries to engage the

Comte de Rochefort The Comte de Rochefort is a secondary fictional character in Alexandre Dumas' '' d'Artagnan Romances''. He is described as approximately 40 to 45 years old in 1625 and "fair with a scar across his cheek". In ''The Three Musketeers'' Known through ...

and the three musketeers, Athos,

Porthos Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), '' Twenty Years After'' (1845), and '' The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the o ...

, and

Aramis René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), '' Twenty Years After'' (1845), and '' The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, ...

in single combat. He quickly becomes friends with the musketeers, and has a series of adventures which put him at odds with

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, then First Minister of France. In the end, Richelieu is impressed by d'Artagnan, and makes him a lieutenant of the musketeers. This begins his long career of military service, as detailed in the sequels. D'Artagnan's role among the musketeers is one of leadership (his skills and brains impress the musketeers greatly), but he is also regarded as a sort of protégé given his youth and inexperience. Athos sees him not only as a best friend and fellow musketeer but nearly as a son. At the end of the series, his death at the siege of Maastricht is given an extra tragic twist—he is mortally wounded while reading the notice of his promotion to the highest military rank. Some scholars believe aspects of D'Artagnan are drawn from the life and character of Dumas's mixed-race father, General

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. The incident when D'Artagnan challenges Porthos, Athos, and Aramis to duels on the same afternoon might be based on an incident in General Dumas's youth when he was insulted; and their subsequent friendship on General Dumas's youthful companionship with fellow soldiers in the Queen's Dragoons.

In other works

*The Dutch novel ''In het krijt'' by C. Hermans subtly refers to the possible location of the grave of d'Artagnan in

. *French poet

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wrote the play ''

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'' in 1897. After one of the play's famous scenes, in which Cyrano defeats Valvert in a duel while completing a poem, d'Artagnan approaches Cyrano and congratulates him on his fine swordsmanship. *French writers Charles Quinel and Adhémar de Montgon published in 1930 another novel about d'Artagnan titled ''Le beau d’Artagnan et son époque.'' * The 1980s television cartoon

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was based on the books of Dumas, with most of the main roles played by dogs. *In

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's '' Quicksilver'', a story of d'Artagnan's death is related by one of the characters, Half-Cocked Jack. *Musician

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included a song titled "d'Artagnan's Theme" on his 2004 album ''

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''. *D'Artagnan is mentioned in Chapter 16 of

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's alternate history novel ''1632'', and in stories by Bradley Sinor in the 163x anthologies '' Ring of Fire III'' and '' Grantville Gazette V''. *In the game ''

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'', a Pokémon is introduced named Keldeo. Keldeo belongs to a group of Swordsman Pokémon called The Swords of Justice, who are inspired by the Three Musketeers. Keldeo is inspired by d'Artagnan. *In the video game '' Metro: Last Light'', one of the characters repeatedly refers to the protagonist as D'Artagnan, comparing the duo to "two of the three musketeers" and himself to Athos. *In the video game '' Monster Hunter Generations'', one of the feline-type

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is named 'd'Artanyan', wearing a wide-brimmed hat and cape similar to many depictions of d'Artagnan. *Athletic teams at

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in Cincinnati, Ohio are called the

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, and their mascot is named D'Artagnan after the character. *In the

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'', the second season features a creature who is named d'Artagnan by Dustin Henderson, one of the protagonists. *In the ''

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was using a fencing foil on the bridge and after he's rendered unconscious by

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, Spock says "Take d'Artagnan here to sickbay".

Film and television

Actors who have played d'Artagnan on screen include: * Orrin Johnson in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1916) *

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in ''

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'' (1921) *

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in ''

'' (1921), and ''

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'' (1929) *

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in ''

'' (1935) *

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in ''

'' (1939) *

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in '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) *

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in ''

'' (1948) *

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in '' Lady in the Iron Mask'' (1952) *

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in ''

'' (1953, French) *

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in ''The Three Musketeers'' (TV serial) (1954) *

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in ''The Three Musketeers'' (TV movie) (1960) *

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in ''

'' (1961, French) *

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in '' Le Masque de fer'' (French film of ''The Man in the Iron Mask'') (1962) *

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in '' The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan'' (1962, Italian) *

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in '' Cyrano and d'Artagnan'' (1964, French) *

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in '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (TV movie) (1977) *

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in '' The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979) *

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in ''

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in '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998) *

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in '' The Musketeer'' (2001) *

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was similarly cast in the ''Young Blades'' series, while the indicated performance there by Shaughnessy was a single guest appearance as his famous father.

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voiced d'Artagnan in the Japanese manga series ''

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References

Bibliography

docteur Maurice Bats, ''Descent of d’Artagnan'', Impr. F. Cocharaux, Auch, 1973, pp. 55 à 60.
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External links

D'Artagnan's death at the 1673 siege of Maastricht
an article by Hennie Reuvers in
Crossroads
' web magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:Artagnan, Charles De Batz-Castelmore, Comte D' 1610s births 1673 deaths Gascons People from Gers French military officers 17th-century French military personnel

D'Artagnan Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Fr ...

French military personnel killed in action

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