Charles-Louis de Biaudos, Count of Castéja (1693-1755) was a French diplomat. He was the French ambassador to
Sweden
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in 1727–1737.
He was the second son of Jean de Biaudos, Marquis de Castéja and Marie Midot de Villers. In 1718 he married Jeanne de Paris, with whom he had a son.
As French ambassador in Sweden, Casteja worked for an alliance between France and Sweden during the
War of the Polish Succession
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in 1733–38. No earlier foreign ambassador participated so openly in politics in Sweden as did Casteja. He constructed a network of Swedish agents to work for French interests, including
Margareta Gyllenstierna
Margareta Gyllenstierna af Fogelvik (c. 1689 - 26 January 1740), was a politically active Swedish countess, married to Arvid Horn, the President of the Privy Council Chancellery (1710–1719 and 1720–1738) and one of the leading figures of the ...
- who also maintained a political correspondence with the queen of France,
Marie Leszczyńska
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska (), was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of St ...
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Charlotta von Liewen and
Hedvig Catharina Lillie.
[ Norrhem, Svante : ''Kvinnor vid maktens sida : 1632-1772'' (Women alongside power : 1632-1772) (Nordic Academic Press) Lund (2007)] He also unsuccessfully attempted to recruit the king's mistress,
Hedvig Taube
Hedvig Ulrika Taube (31 October 1714 – 11 February 1744), also Countess von Hessenstein, was a Swedish courtier and countess, a countess of the Holy Roman Empire, and royal mistress to king Frederick I of Sweden from 1731 to 1744. She and Soph ...
. He was recalled to France at the request of the Swedish government in 1737.
References
Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 4. Brant - Cesti
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Norrhem, Svante : ''Kvinnor vid maktens sida : 1632-1772'' (Women alongside power : 1632–1772) (Nordic Academic Press) Lund (2007)
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1693 births
1755 deaths
Counts of France
18th-century French politicians
18th-century French diplomats
Ancien Régime office-holders
Ambassadors of France to Sweden
Age of Liberty people