Alexandre, Chevalier de Chaumont (1640 – 28 January 1710 in

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) was the first French

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for King

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in 1685.Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited He was accompanied on his mission by Abbé de Choisy, the Jesuit

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, and Father Bénigne Vachet of the Société des Missions Étrangères de Paris. He was also bringing back to Siam the two ambassadors of the 1684 First Siamese Embassy to France.
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and to conclude significant commercial treaties. He is best remembered for his

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s describing life in 17th century

. A "Chevalier de Chaumont" is also mentioned several times in the

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1640 births 1710 deaths French knights 17th-century French diplomats French male non-fiction writers Ambassadors of France to the Ayutthaya Kingdom 18th-century French memoirists {{France-diplomat-stub

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