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Jean-François Leriget de La Faye

Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674, Vienne, Dauphiné – 11 July 1731, Paris) was a French diplomat, wealthy landowner and art collector, poet, and member of the Académie française for a single year. At one time a musketeer, through social connections La Faye became a member of the court of Louis XIV. His position was head of the royal cabinet, and private secretary and special adviser to the King on matters such as finding a wife for the young Louis XV. He also performed various diplomatic missions in London, Genoa and Utrecht, including involvement in negotiating the Treaty of Utrecht, and was also a director of the French East India Company. Another De Faye traveled to Madagascar and thence to Surat where he seconded the director François Caron.

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Jean-François Leriget de La Faye

Born
1674 · Vienne.
Nationality
France
Occupation
poet · diplomat
Languages
French

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Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674, Vienne, Dauphiné – 11 July 1731, Paris) was a French diplomat, wealthy landowner and art collector, poet, and member of the Académie française for a single year. At one time a musketeer, through social connections La Faye became a member of the court of Louis XIV. His position was head of the royal cabinet, and private secretary and special adviser to the King on matters such as finding a wife for the young Louis XV. He also performed various diplomatic missions in London, Genoa and Utrecht, including involvement in negotiating the Treaty of Utrecht, and was also a director of the French East India Company. Another De Faye traveled to Madagascar and thence to Surat where he seconded the director François Caron.

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