Charles d'Avaugour
Charles d'Avaugour, 1649. Engraving after Anselm van Hulle .
Charles d'Avaugour (* 1600 ; † December 6, 1657 in Kiel ) was a French diplomat .
Life
Charles de Bretagne du Bois, d ' Avaugour entered the foreign service in 1633 and was employed in Northern and Eastern Europe. Among other things, he was a French resident in Gdansk . From 1643 until the Peace of Westphalia , he accompanied the Swedish armed forces in the Thirty Years' War as a representative of Louis XIV and received the rank of colonel in a cavalry regiment. In 1654 he was ambassador in Stockholm , Sweden and accompanied Karl X. Gustav in the Second Northern War against Poland-Lithuania . In this armed conflict he took part in the allianceFriedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, as instructed, safeguarded the interests of Ludwig XIV.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Ulrich Rudolf, The Thirty Years War, Scientific Book Society, 1977, 555 p., P. 276
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Chanut |
French ambassador to Stockholm 1654 to 1657 |
Isaac de Pas |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Avaugour, Charles d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1600 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1657 |
| Place of death | Kiel |