Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé explained

Charles Auguste de Goyon
Birth Name:Charles Auguste de Goyon
Birth Date:28 May 1647
Birth Place:Torigni-sur-Vire
Death Place:Paris
Other Names:Maréchal de Matignon
Occupation:Soldier and Diplomat
Mother:Anne de Malon
Father:François de Goyon, sieur of Matignon

Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France from 1693 after which he was known as the Maréchal de Matignon.

The youngest son of François de Goyon, sieur of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne de Malon. and he was descended from the ancient noble Breton Bricquebec family.

A career soldier, Goÿon rose to become Governor of Aunis (1688), Marshal of the French Army (1691), before being appointed Field Marshal (1708).

A portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.[1]

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  1. http://mba.caen.fr/ www.mba.caen.fr