Charles Dançay (1510–1589) was a French diplomat, the envoy of France to Denmark and Sweden (based in Denmark) from the reign of

Henry II of France Henry II (; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was List of French monarchs#House of Valois-Angoulême (1515–1589), King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I of France, Francis I and Claude of France, Claude, Du ...

onward. He was under order to create peace between the Nordic nations, and contributed to peace between Sweden and Denmark after the

Northern Seven Years' War The Northern Seven Years' War (also known as the ''Nordic Seven Years' War'', the ''First Northern War,'' the ''Seven Years' War of the North'' or the ''Seven Years War in Scandinavia'') was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611), K ...

. In 1572, he participated in the preparations of a plot with the Swedish opposition to

John III of Sweden John III (; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He attained the Swedish throne after a rebellion against his half-brother Erik XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap bet ...

, channeled through Charles de Mornay, to depose the king in favor of the future

Henry III of France Henry III (; ; ; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575. As the fourth son of King Henry II of France, he ...

, a plan which was approved at the French royal court, but the election of Henry to the Polish throne discontinued these plans. In 1574, he helped Henry escape from Poland. He was under order to increase French influence in the Nordic nations, and negotiated for a French-Swedish marriage alliance (between Henry III and

Princess Elizabeth of Sweden Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (also known as ''Elisabet Gustavsdotter Vasa''; 5 April 1549 – 20 November 1597), was a Swedish princess, and a duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch by marriage to Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch. Sh ...

), but these plans was discontinued by the marriage between Henry and Louise of Lorraine in 1575.

References

* Dancay, Jakob Jakobsen i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1906) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dancay, Charles 1510 births 1589 deaths Ambassadors of France Ambassadors to Denmark 16th-century French diplomats Place of birth missing