Charles Auguste de Goÿon, Count of Gacé
Charles Auguste de Goÿon, 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 Goÿon | |
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 The Maréchal de Matignon. | |
| Born | May 28, 1647 |
| Died | December 6, 1729 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Soldier and Diplomat |
Coat of arms of the Maréchal de Matignon.
The youngest son of François de Goÿon, sieur of Matignon (died 1675) by his wife Anne née de Malon de Bercy, he was descended from the ancient noble Breton family de Bricquebec.
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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