Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (born 1611)

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

French captain of musketeers (1611–1673)

Charles de Batz de Castelmore, also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan, was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de…