Gabriel de Luetz, Baron et Seigneur d'Aramon et de Vallabregues, often also abbreviated to Gabriel d'Aramon, was the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1546 to 1553, in the service first of Francis I, who dispatched him to the Ottoman Empire, and then of the French king Henry II.
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Portrait of ambassador to the Ottoman Porte Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramont, by Titian, 1541-1542, oil on canvas, 76 x 74 cm.
Letter of Francis I to the Drogman Janus Bey, 28 December 1546, delivered by Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon. The letter is countersigned by the State Secretary Claude de L'Aubespine.
Encoded letter of Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon, after 1546, with partial deciphering, an interesting example of cryptography in the 16th century.
Le Voyage de Monsieur d'Aramon dans le Levant by Jean Chesneau, 1547.Writers from France 6
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Gabriel de Luetz, Baron et Seigneur d'Aramon et de Vallabregues, often also abbreviated to Gabriel d'Aramon, was the French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1546 to 1553, in the service first of Francis I, who dispatched him to the Ottoman Empire, and then of the French king Henry II. Gabriel de Luetz was accompanied by a vast suite of scientists, Jean de Monluc, philosopher Guillaume Postel, botanist Pierre Belon, naturalist Pierre Gilles d'Albi, the future cosmographer André Thévet, traveler Nicolas de Nicolay who would publish their findings upon their return to France and contribute greatly to the development of early science in France.
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