Jacques de Germigny was

French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire France had a permanent embassy to the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1535, during the time of King Francis I and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is considered to have been the direct predecessor of the modern-day embassy to the Republic of Turk ...

from 1579 to 1585. He succeeded to

Gilles de Noailles Gilles de Noailles, abbé de l'Isle (1524–1600) was French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1575 to 1579. He was the brother of his predecessor as ambassador, François de Noailles, and was succeeded by Jacques de Germigny. He was sent to ...

as ambassador. He was sent to the Ottoman Empire by

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 ...

. He was succeeded by

Jacques Savary de Lancosme Jacques Savary de Lancosme was French ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1585 to 1589. He was a native of Poitou. He succeeded Jacques de Germiny. Lancosme entered into conflict with the first English Ambassador to the Porte William Harborne. ...

. During his tenure, the Ottoman ambassador Ali Aga, went to France to visit

and bring him the renewal of the Franco-Ottoman Capitulations.''The Papacy and the Levant'' by Kenneth M. Setton p.841
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