User:Amir Ghandi/Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane
Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane | |
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Born | |
Died | January 30, 1818 | (aged 51)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | General and Diplomat |
Years active | 1780 – 1815 |
Father | Ange de Gardane |
Claude Matthieu, Count Gardane (11 July 1766 in Marseille – 30 January 1818) was a French General and Diplomat who was involved in Treaty of Finckenstein and Franco-Persian alliance. Claude Matthieu was a second lieutenant of Cavalry regiment, then he rose and became Captain in 1793. in 1807, Gardane was one of Napoleon's envoys along to Pierre Amédée Jaubert and Joseph-Marie Jouanin which were present in Court of Fath-Ali Shah. this Treaty was supposed to recognized a claim of Iran on Georgia and help it in War with Russia, but meanwhile Treaties of Tilsit with Russian Empire, forced Napoleon for peace with Alexander I and breaking his treaty with Iran. Gardane who was not successful returned in France in 1809 and get title of Count received twenty-five thousand francs. Gardane later had a mission in Portugal and participated in Hundred Days War, he died in 1818.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Gardane was born in 11 July 1766 in Marseille, son of Ange de Gardane, envoy of Louis XIV to court of Sultan Husayn,[1] Other than his father, his family were Merchants which were known in Levant.[2]
Revolutionary Wars
[edit]Gardane began his Military career as Second Lieutenant of 1st Cavalry regiment, in 1792 he became Lieutenant and Captain in 1793.[3] in 1795 by Directory, he became brigadier general and took command of 9th regiment of Cavalry.[4] he was in Battle of Neuwied and General Lazare Hoche in a report to Government mention his name.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Calmard 2000.
- ^ Tulard 1999, p. 844.
- ^ Tulard 1999, p. 845.
- ^ Vinson 2009, p. 35.
- ^ Tulard 1999, p. 846.
Bibliography
[edit]- Calmard, Jean (2000). "GARDANE MISSION". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition. New York.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Tulard, Jean (1999). Dictionnaire Napoléon [A - H]. Paris: Paris Fayard. ISBN 9782213604855. OCLC 255887222.
- Vinson, David (2009). ""Napoleon in Persia": Origins, Cultural and Literary Perspectives to the Gardane Mission (1807-1809)". Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France. 109: 871–897.