Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (born 1656)

Claude de Forbin

French Navy officer and diplomat (1656–1733)

Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne was a French Navy 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…