Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from Louis XIV to King Narai at the Hall of Sanphet, Ayutthaya, on 18 October 1685 – a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Nolin.
alexandre, chevalier, chaumont, 1640, january, 1710, paris, first, french, ambassador, king, louis, siam, 1685, accompanied, mission, abbé, choisy, jesuit, tachard, father, bénigne, vachet, société, missions, Étrangères, paris, also, bringing, back, siam, amba. Alexandre Chevalier de Chaumont 1640 28 January 1710 in Paris was the first French ambassador for King Louis XIV in Siam in 1685 1 62 He was accompanied on his mission by Abbe de Choisy the Jesuit Guy Tachard and Father Benigne Vachet of the Societe des Missions Etrangeres de Paris He was also bringing back to Siam the two ambassadors of the 1684 First Siamese Embassy to France 2 Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from Louis XIV to King Narai at the Hall of Sanphet Ayutthaya on 18 October 1685 a drawing by Jean Baptiste Nolin He tried without success to convert King Narai the Great to Catholicism and to conclude significant commercial treaties He is best remembered for his memoirs describing life in 17th century Siam A Chevalier de Chaumont is also mentioned several times in the Jesuit Relations See also editFrance Thailand relationsNotes edit Chakrabongse C 1960 Lords of Life London Alvin Redman Limited 1 Asia in the Making of Europe By Donald F Lach p 253External links editChevalier de Chaumont French nbsp nbsp This French diplomat related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexandre Chevalier de Chaumont amp oldid 1165674817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
