François Pidou de Saint Olon
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Touraine
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- 1720, Paris
Paris
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) was a French diplomat under Louis XIV.
Embassy to Genoa and Spain
In 1682, he was nominated as the first French resident envoy to the Republic of GenoaRepublic of Genoa
The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....
, following the Bombardment of Genoa
Bombardment of Genoa
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. He was then sent as an envoy to Madrid
Madrid
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Embassy to Morocco
in 1689, Pidou de Saint Olon was then nominated as ambassador to the court of the Moroccan ruler Mulay Ismail, in view of the signature of a commercial treaty. This responded to the Embassy of Mohammad TemimMohammad Temim
Mohammad Temim, also Haji Mohammad Temim was an ambassador of the Moroccan king Mulay Ismail to France. Mohammad Temim was accompanied by Ali Manino, as well as six other ambassadorial members. They visited Paris in 1682. He was able to explore may aspects of French intellectual and artistic life....
to Louis XIV in 1682. In 1690, Pidou de Saint Olon was in the city of Salé
Salé
Salé is a city in north-western Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town...
, where he visited the French Consul Jean-Baptiste Estelle
Jean-Baptiste Estelle
Jean-Baptiste Estelle was French Consul in the Moroccan city of Salé in 1689-98. He was the son of Pierre Estelle, Consul at Tetuan. He succeeded Jean Perillier as consul at Salé....
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His mission did not succeed however, and he only remained 2-3 weeks in Morocco. He wrote an account of his visit to Morocco, Relation de l'empire de Maroc ("The present state of the Empire of Morocco").
Another Moroccan ambassador Abdallah bin Aisha
Abdallah bin Aisha
Abdallah bin Aisha, also Abdellah Ben Aicha, was a Moroccan Admiral and ambassador the France and England in the 17th century. Abdallah departed for France on 11 November 1698 in order to negotiate a treaty. He spoke Spanish and English fluently, but not French...
would visit France in 1699-1700.
François Pidou de Saint Olon died in Paris on September 27, 1720.