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François du Val de Fontenay-Mareuil

French soldier, diplomat, and historian

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Source revisionAug 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ72688029 ↗
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François du Val, Marquis de Fontenay-Mareuil (fôNt′nā̇′mȧ′rẽ′y’) (c.1594-1665) was a French soldier, diplomat, and historian.

Biography

He was brought up at the Court of Louis XIII.; served with Mayenne in Spain; with Nevers at Ratisbon; under Boisdauphin at the siege of Soissons (1617); in 1619 in Normandy; at Saint-Jean d'Angély, Clérac, and Montauban (1621); at Saint-Antoine and Montpellier (1622); at the Ile de Ré (1627); and at the sieges of La Rochelle (1628), of Privas, and of Alais (1629).

Then his diplomatic career began. He announced the capture of La Rochelle to the Duke of Savoy; escorted Montpensier to the Court; negotiated with Rohan; and from 1630 to 1633 was Ambassador to England. After taking part in various campaigns against the Imperialists and Spaniards, he was Ambassador at Rome from 1640 to 1650.

His memoirs, published at Paris, 1826 (vol. i., of the first series of the Collection Pettitot), are both interesting and valuable.

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External links

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fontenay-Mareuil, François du Val, Marquis de" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol.

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“François du Val de Fontenay-Mareuil” enters the record as french soldier, diplomat, and historian. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what François, Fontenay-Mareuil and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1594, 1665, 1617, 1619—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1594-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around François, Fontenay-Mareuil and French.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q72688029. VIAF identifies the subject as 78907611. The Library of Congress control number is no2009014660. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1594, 1665, 1617 and 1619.

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This entry incorporates text from “François du Val de Fontenay-Mareuil” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.