About Jacques Savary de Lancosme
Lived 1560 – 1627 (aged 66–67). Jacques Savary de Lancosme was a French diplomat.
Jacques Savary de Lancosme was French ambassador to the Ottoman Porte from 1585 to 1589. He was a native of Poitou. He succeeded Jacques de Germiny. Lancosme entered into conflict with the first English Ambassador to the Porte William Harborne.
Lancosme associated himself with the Catholic League and refused to recognize Henry IV of France, leading to his imprisonment by the Ottomans and the nomination of his relative François Savary de Brèves as interim, and then full, ambassador.
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Who was Jacques Savary de Lancosme?
French diplomat
When was Jacques Savary de Lancosme born?
Jacques Savary de Lancosme was born in 1560 in Poitou.
When did Jacques Savary de Lancosme die?
Jacques Savary de Lancosme died in 1627.
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Jacques Savary de Lancosme was a diplomat.
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Jacques Savary de Lancosme was French.
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