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Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne
Portrait of Claude de Forbin by Antoine Graincourt, 18th century, Musée de la Marine.
Born6 August 1656
Gardanne, Provence
Died4 March 1733(1733-03-04) (aged 76)
Near Marseille, France
AllegianceClaude de Forbin France
Claude de Forbin Ayutthaya Kingdom
Service/branchClaude de Forbin French Navy
RankAdmiral
Battles/wars
  • 1686 Makassar revolt
  • Nine Years' War
    • Battle of Beachy Head
    • Battle of Lagos
    • Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue
  • War of the Spanish Succession
  • Action of 2 May 1707
    • Battle at The Lizard
    • Planned French invasion of Britain

Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656, Gardanne – 4 March 1733) was a French naval officer, nobleman and diplomat. From 1685 to 1688, he led a diplomatic mission to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He became governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army, and left Siam shortly before King Narai fell ill and was deposed by a coup d'état.

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Forbin

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(1625–1713), called the cardinal de Janson, bishop Claude de Forbin (1656-1733), French naval commander Count de Forbin, officer of the French Navy who...

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Battle at The Lizard

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Duguay-Trouin and Claude de Forbin and an English convoy protected by a squadron under Commodore Richard Edwards. Duguay-Trouin and Forbin were two of the...

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Charles Gaspard Hyacinthe de Forbin La Barben

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Trincomalee. Forbin was born to the family of Claude de Forbin. He was also a parent to Suffren, as Suffren's great-grand-mother was from the Forbin family...

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French frigate Forbin

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aircraft. Forbin is the sixth vessel of the French Navy named after the 17th century admiral Claude Forbin-Gardanne. Construction of Forbin began in Lorient...

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History of Thai clothing

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wearing lomphok and Khrui, 1686 Claude de Forbin wearing Ayutthayan mandarin dress The French ambassador Chevalier de Chaumont presents a letter from...

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1680s in piracy

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later that year retires to Acadie (Southeast Canada). Jean Bart and Claude de Forbin are captured by the Royal Navy and taken to Plymouth. Three days later...

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Action of 2 May 1707

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the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships of the line...

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Elihu Yale

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entertain at his house the French ambassador and musketeer, Count Claude de Forbin, drinking to the health of the royal families of England and France...

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Citadel of Calais

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officer, Claude de Forbin was imprisoned for three weeks in 1691 for shooting at a Mr. Fervaquet, who owed Forbin 500 books and who insulted Forbin in the...

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Ayutthaya Kingdom

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François-Timoléon de Choisy Father Guy Tachard, French Jesuit writer and Siamese Ambassador to France (1688) Louis Laneau, Apostolic Vicar of Siam Claude de Forbin, French...

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Lomphok

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Ceremony and royal funeral processions. Kosa Pan wearing lomphok, 1686 Claude de Forbin wearing Ayutthayan mandarin dress with lomphok Ayutthayan diplomats...

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Constantine Phaulkon

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being accompanied by Jesuit Guy Tachard and French naval commander Claude de Forbin, who would remain to serve King Narai as Governor of Bangkok, as well...

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Chevalier de Beauregard

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the command of Chevalier Claude de Forbin. In July 1686, when the fort was attacked by a band of pirates from Makassar, de Beauregard's belly was slit...

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Narai

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include the French accounts of the Chevalier de Chaumont, the Abbé de Choisy, Fr. Tachard, Claude de Forbin, de la Loubere and the Persian account of Muhammad...

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Jean Bart

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beginning of the war, he was captured by an English warship, together with Claude de Forbin, and they were taken as prisoners-of-war to Plymouth. However, three...

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1733

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– Ulrika Eleonora Stålhammar, Swedish officer (b. 1683) March 4 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656) April 14 – Ippolito Desideri, Italian...

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1656

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Austrian architect (d. 1723) August 6 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733) August 12 – Claude de Visdelou, French missionary (d. 1737) August...

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March 4

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educator (b. 1552) 1710 – Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668) 1733 – Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656) 1744 – John Anstis, English...

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History of the French Navy

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fleet actions with great success under such captains as Jean Bart, Claude de Forbin and René Duguay-Trouin. Until what the British called the Annus Mirabilis...

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Baudin expedition to Australia

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those joining the Baudin expedition were Sub-lieutenants Louis-Claude (Louis) de Saulses de Freycinet and his older brother Henri-Louis (Henri). Louis did...

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August 6

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1651 – François Fénelon, French archbishop and poet (d. 1715) 1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733) 1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)...

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List of Occitans

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illustrated himself during the commanding of the Battle of Malplaquet. Claude de Forbin, naval commander who illustrated himself during the War of the Spanish...

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Makkasan

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Indians from the Middle East and the Malay Peninsula. The records of Claude de Forbin, a French naval admiral who lived in Ayutthaya at the time, states...

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Venus de Milo

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the Venus to the king for the Louvre and the comte de Forbin, the curator of the Louvre, reimbursed de Rivière for the cost of the sculpture. The name has...

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