Isaac de Pas
Isaac de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières (* 1618 - March 6, 1688 in Madrid ) was a French military and diplomat.
Life
The nobleman came from an old Artois family, known since the time of the Crusades , which got its name from the place Pas-en-Artois in what is now the Pas-de-Calais department . She ruled Feuquières . Isaac was the son of Manassès de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières .
He began his career in the French army. In 1651 he was appointed a knight ( Chevalier ) in the Order of the Holy Spirit . In 1660 he became viceroy of New France , the French possessions in America. He was then used for diplomatic missions of the Foreign Ministry and in 1674 brought about the invasion of the Swedes in Germany in favor of France, which led to the Swedish-Brandenburg War .
From 1672 to 1682 he was the French ambassador to Sweden and, after a three-year stay in France, went to Madrid in 1685 as his country's ambassador.
Feuquières left an extensive diplomatic correspondence. Auguste-Alphonse Étienne-Gallois published the Lettres inédites de Feuquières in Paris 1845-47 (5 volumes).
His older son Antoine de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières , developed into a well-known military expert and leader of a regiment . A younger son, Philibert-Charles de Pas de Feuquières , became Bishop of Agde in 1702 .
literature
- Albert Lemmen: Manassés de Pas, Marquis de Feuquières, a French diplomat and general under Louis XIII. phil.Diss., Halle as 1886–87
- Isaac de Pas . In: Nils Linder, John Rosén, Theodor Westrin, BF Olsson (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 1st edition. tape 4 : Duplicator Folkvandringen . Gernandts boktryckeri, Stockholm 1881, Sp. 1196 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Isaac de Pas . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 8 : Feiss-Fruktmögel . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, Sp. 138 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Honoré Courtin |
French envoy to Sweden 1672–1682 |
Bazin de Baudeville |
| André Berhoulet de Formenteau |
French ambassador to Spain 1685–1688 |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pas, Isaac de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pas, Isaac de Marquis de Feuquieres |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general, viceroy in America and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1618 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1688 |
| Place of death | Madrid |