Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé (1647-1729), was the French soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France from 1693 after which he was known as the Maréchal de Matignon.
Charles Auguste de Goyon | |
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 The Maréchal de Matignon. | |
| Born | Charles Auguste de Goyon May 28, 1647 |
| Died | December 6, 1729 (aged 82) |
| Other names | Maréchal de Matignon |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier and Diplomat |
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The youngest son of François de Goyon, sieur of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne de Malon. and he was descended from the ancient noble Breton Bricquebec family.[citation needed]
A career soldier, Goÿon rose to become Governor of Aunis (1688), Marshal of the French Army (1691), before being appointed Field Marshal (1708).
A portrait of him by Hyacinthe Rigaud hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.[1]
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