Louis Deshayes
Louis Deshayes (also Louis des Hayes de Courmenin ; * 1600 ; † 1632 in Béziers ,) was a French diplomat during the Thirty Years War .
Life
1621 Louis Deshayes was by Louis XIII. in the Ottoman Palestine ordered. In 1624 he was envoy to the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf in Denmark . In 1629 he concluded a trade agreement with the Russian Tsar Michael I.
Merchants from Marseille had at Louis XIII. applied for a trade agreement with Persia . The latter had Deshayes instructed on February 18, 1626 for a corresponding diplomatic mission. Deshayes traveled to the Sublime Porte and had the French ambassador there, Philippe de Harlay, Count of Césy, inform the Ottoman Sultan Murad IV that the purpose of his mission was to disavow the friendly relations between Persia and Spain and Portugal . The argument did not convince either de Césy or Foreign Minister Khosrev Pasha Khan, who knew how to prevent further missions in this matter.
In 1629 Deshayes was the French ambassador to Moscow .
After the conspiracy by Gaston de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans against Cardinal Richelieu , in which Deshayes was involved, he was arrested by Hercule de Charnacé in Mainz and beheaded in Béziers .
Publications
- Voyage du Levant, fait par le commandement du roi en 1621 , Paris, 1624.
- Voyages au Denmark , 1664.
- Louis Deshayes de Courmenin et l'Orient musulman 1621-1626 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jean de Thumières de Boiscize |
French envoy to Gustav II Adolf of Sweden in 1624 |
Hercule de Charnacé |
|
French ambassador to Moscow 1629 |
Jean-Casimir Baluze |
Individual evidence
- ↑ FRANCE ii. RELATIONS WITH PERSIA TO 1789
- ↑ Louis Deshayes de Courmenin et l'Orient musulman (1621-1626)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deshayes, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Des Hayes de Courmenin, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1600 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1632 |
| Place of death | Beziers |