Charles Auguste de Goÿon, Coont o Gacé
Charles Auguste de Goÿon | |
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Coont o Gacé | |
![]() The Coont o Gacé bi Rigaud. | |
Full name
Charles Auguste de Goÿon | |
Born | 28 Mey 1647 Torigny-les-Villes |
Dee'd | 6 December 1729 (aged 82) Paris, Fraunce |
Faither | François de Goÿon, Laird o Matignon |
Mither | Anne de Malon |
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Charles Auguste de Goÿon, Coont o Gacé (28 Mey 1647 - 6 December 1729) wis the French soldier, diplomat an Marshal o Fraunce.
The youngest son o François de Goÿon, sieur o Matignon (died 1675) bi his wife Anne de Malon, he wis descended frae the ancient noble Bricquebe, a Breton faimilie.
A career soldier, Goÿon rose tae become Governor o Aunis (1688), Marshal o the French Airmy (1691), before being appointed Field Marshal (1708).
A portrait of him bi Hyacinthe Rigaud hangs in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen.