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Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673) born in Lupiac, southwestern France. D'Artagnan found a way to enter into the Musketeers in 1632. He had a career in espionage for Cardinal Mazarin, in the years after the first Fronde. Due to d'Artagnan's faithful service during this period, Louis XIV entrusted him with many secret and delicate situations that required complete discretion. In 1652 d'Artagnan was promoted to lieutenant in the Gardes Francaises, then to captain in 1655. In 1658, he became a second lieutenant in the newly reformed Musketeers. In 1667, d'Artagnan was promoted to captain-lieutenant of the Musketeers, the effective commander, as the nominal captain was the King. As befitted his rank and position, he could be identified by his striking burgundy, white and black livery—the colours of the commanding officer of the Musketeers, and longed to return to battle. He found his chance when Louis XIV went to war with the Dutch Republic in the Franco-Dutch War. After being recalled to service, d'Artagnan was subsequently killed in battle on June 25, 1673, when a musket ball tore into his throat at the Siege of Maastricht, Netherlands The real d'Artagnan's life was used as the basis for Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras' novel Les mémoires de M. d'Artagnan. Alexandre Dumas in turn used de Sandras' novel as the main source for his own novels.
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Cool coin. Heading northwest. Thanks for sharing.
This entry was edited by ValnMal on Monday, 20 February 2012 at 02:36:29 UTC.
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