Louis Deshayes Explained

Louis Deshayes, Baron de Courmemin, born in 1600 and died on 12 October 12, 1632, was a French diplomat.

Biography

Advisor to Louis XIII,^[1] he was sent on several missions to the Levant, Denmark, Safavid Iran and the Tsardom of Russia.

Having joined a conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu, he was arrested under the orders of his rival Hercules de Charnacé, at Mainz^[2] and beheaded at Béziers in 1632.

Works

• Voyage du Levant, fait par le commandement du roi en 1621, Paris, 1624
• Voyages au Danemark, 1664.

Bibliography

• Pierre Margry, Une ambassade des Français en Russie sous Louis XIII (1629), dans Revue maritime et coloniale, juillet 1861, (lire en ligne -, erratum)

Notes and References

1. Dezobry and Bachelet, Dictionnaire de biographie, t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, p. 781
2. http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/caief_0571-5865_1975_num_27_1_1077?_Prescripts_Search_tabs1=standard& Louis Deshayes de Courmenin et l' Muslim East (1621-1626)