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Claude De ForbinChevalier (later Count) Claude de Forbin (August 6 1656 - March 4 1733) was a French naval commander. 1685-1688 he was on a diplomatic mission to Siam. He became governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army, and left Siam shortly before King Narai fell ill and was deposed by a Coup d'tat. Claude de Forbin was born in the village Gardanne in the Provence, as a member of a family established in Marseilles in the 14th century. Later divided into several branches, Claude de Forbin was the most famous of the branch Farbin Gradanne. He entered the navy in 1675, in which he stayed until his retirement in 1710. He took part in the in the relief of Messina in 1675, and the bombardment of Aosta. In 1676 he served in Flanders, taking part in the siege of Cond. In 1680 he joined the fleet commanded by Count d'Estres to the Antilles. In 1682/83 he took part in the bombardment of Algiers twice. In 1684 he was asked to join the embassy to Siam led by Chevalier de Chaumont. References - The Siamese Memoirs of Count de Forbin. Edited by Michael Smithies. ISBN 9747100304
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