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 Guy Tachard, 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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, p.253 He tried without success to convert King Narai the Great to

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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

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

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