List of ambassadors of France to England explained
This is a list of French ambassadors to England. Note that during much of this period there was no set ambassador, with frequent periods of lagging relations.[1]
French diplomats to the Kingdom of England
| Image | From | Until | Ambassadors |
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| 1526 | 1535 | Charles de Solier, comte de Morette[2] |
| 1535 | 1537 | Antoine de Castelnau[3] |
| 1537 | 1538 | Louis de Perreau, Sieur de Castillon[4] |
| 1538 | 1543 | Charles de Marillac[5] |
| 1543 | 1546 | Aymar Chaste[6] |
| 1546 | 1548 | Odet de Selve[7] |
| 1553 | 1556 | Antoine de Noailles, 1st comte de Noailles[8] |
| 1556 | 1557 | François de Noailles |
| 1558 | 1559 | Gilles de Noailles |
| 1560 | 1562 | Michel de Sèvre |
| 1562 | 1566 | Paul de Foix de Carmain[9] |
| 1566 | 1568 | Jacques Bochetel de la Forest |
| 1568 | 1574 | Bertrand de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon |
| 1574 | 1584 | Michel de Castelnau, Seigneur de Mauvissiére |
| 1585 | 1589 | Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf |
| 1589 | 1592 | Aymar Chaste[10] |
| 1602 | 1605 | Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont |
| 1606 | 1613 | Antoine Lefèvre de la Boderie |
| 1611 | 1615 | Samuel Spifame, Sieur des Bisseaux[11] |
| 1615 | 1618 | Gaspard Dauvet, Sieur des Marets |
| 1618 | 1621 | Honoré d'Albret de Cadenet[12] |
| 1625 | 1625 | Jean de Varigniez, Sieur de Blainville[13] |
| 1626 | 1627 | François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France |
| 1629 | 1630 | Charles de L'Aubespine, Marquis of Châteauneuf |
| 1630 | 1633 | François du Val de Fontenay-Mareuil, Marquis of Fontenay Mareuil |
| 1633 | 1635 | Jean d'Angennes, Marquis de Poygni |
| 1635 | 1637 | Henri I de Saint-Nectaire |
| 1637 | 1640 | Pompone de Bellièvre |
| 1640 | 1641 | Jean de Montereul |
| 1641 | 1643 | Jacques d'Estampes de La Ferté-Imbert |
| 1645 | 1650 | Jean de Montereul |
| 1652 | 1660 | Antoine de Bordeaux, seigneur de Neufville |
| 1661 | 1662 | Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades |
| 1662 | 1665 | François de Comminges |
| 1665 | 1668 | Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Verneuil |
| 1668 | 1674 | Charles Colbert, Marquis de Croissy |
| 1674 | 1677 | Henri de Massue, 1st Marquis de Rouvigny |
| 1677 | 1688 | Paul Barillon |
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See also
Notes and References
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- Book: Hervey . Mary Frederica Sophia . Holbein's "Ambassadors": The Picture and the Men : an Historical Study . 1900 . Bell and Son . 43 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Guy . John . Fox . Julia . Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe . 24 October 2023 . HarperCollins . 978-0-06-307345-6 . 13 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Lyons . Mary Ann . Franco-Irish Relations, 1500-1610: Politics, Migration and Trade . 2015 . Boydell & Brewer Ltd . 978-0-86193-333-4 . 73 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Smith . Frederick E. . Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England: Mobility, Exile, and Counter-reformation, 1530-1580 . 2022 . . 978-0-19-286599-1 . 48 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Murdoch . Beamish . A History of Nova-Scotia, Or Acadie . 1865 . J. Barnes . 12 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Caldwell . David . Oleksy . Vicky . Rhodes . Bess . The Battle of Pinkie, 1547: The Last Battle Between the Independent Kingdoms of Scotland and England . 27 July 2023 . Oxbow Books . 978-1-78925-974-2 . 98 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Ward . Bernard Mordaunt . The Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, 1550-1604: From Contemporary Documents . 1928 . J. Murray . 381 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Levin . Carole . The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I: Politics, Culture, and Society . 23 April 2022 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-93009-7 . 118 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Stedall . Robert . Elizabeth I's Final Years: Her Favourites & Her Fighting Men . 30 June 2022 . Pen and Sword History . 978-1-3990-8318-8 . 77 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Fernández . Óscar Alfredo Ruiz . England and Spain in the Early Modern Era: Royal Love, Diplomacy, Trade and Naval Relations 1604-25 . 12 December 2019 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-350-13343-3 . 222 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Book: Manuscripts . British Museum Department of . Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum: Text. 1895 . 1895 . Order of the Trustees . 240 . 28 June 2024 . en.
- Catalogue of French Ambassadors to England . . 1840 . 487, 608–610 . 28 June 2024 . Edw. Cave, 1736-[1868] . en.
