Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé

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Charles Auguste de Goyon
The Maréchal de Matignon.
Born
Charles Auguste de Goyon

(1647-05-28)May 28, 1647
Torigni-sur-Vire
DiedDecember 6, 1729(1729-12-06) (aged 82)
Paris
Other namesMaréchal de Matignon
Occupation(s)Soldier and Diplomat
Parents
  • François de Goyon, sieur of Matignon (father)
  • Anne de Malon (mother)
Coat of arms of the Maréchal de Matignon.

Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France from 1693 after which he was known as the Maréchal de Matignon.

The youngest son of François de Goyon, sieur of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne de Malon. and he was descended from the ancient noble Breton Bricquebec family.[citation needed]

A career soldier, Goÿon rose to become Governor of Aunis (1688), Marshal of the French Army (1691), before being appointed Field Marshal (1708).

A portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.[1]

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  1. ^ www.mba.caen.fr
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