Charles Louis de Biaudos de Casteja

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Charles-Louis de Biaudos, Count of Castéja (1693-1755) was a French diplomat. He was the French ambassador to Sweden in 1727-1737.

He was the second son of Jean de Biaudos, Marquis de Castéja and Marie Midot de Villers.[1] In 1718 he married Jeanne de Paris, with whom he had a son.

As French ambassador in Sweden, Casteja worked for an alliance between France and Sweden during the War of the Polish Succession in 1733-38. No earlier foreign ambassador participated so openly in politics in Sweden as did Casteja. He constructed a network of Swedish agents to work for French interests, including Margareta Gyllenstierna - who also maintained a political correspondence with the queen of France, Marie Leszczyńska - Charlotta von Liewen and Hedvig Catharina Lillie.[2] He also unsuccessfully attempted to recruit the king's mistress, Hedvig Taube. He was recalled to France at the request of the Swedish government in 1737.

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  1. ^ Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France, des ..., Volume 2
  2. ^  : Kvinnor vid maktens sida : 1632-1772 (Women alongside power : 1632-1772) (Nordic Academic Press) Lund (2007)
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