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Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie
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Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie

French diplomat
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Oct. 3, 1705
Died:
Jan. 1, 1759, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany] (aged 53)
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Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie (born Oct. 3, 1705—died Jan. 1, 1759, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]) was a French officer and diplomat who helped raise the princess Elizabeth to the throne of Russia. La Chétardie entered French military service at an early age and rose through the ranks, becoming lieutenant (1721), major (1730), and colonel (1734). He performed well and received assignments to Holland and Prussia and in 1739 became ambassador to Russia. In order to secure a government more favourable to French interests, La Chétardie joined with the supporters of the youngest daughter of Peter the Great, Elizabeth, and, ...(100 of 230 words)

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