Pigneau's mission to the French court
- When
- February 1787
- Where
- court of Louis XVI at Versailles
- Part of
- Treaty of Versailles (1787)
Pigneau de Béhaine traveled to France in 1787 as Nguyễn Ánh's special envoy, accompanied by the lord's seven-year-old son, and reached Versailles in February 1787.
In order to obtain support for Nguyễn Ánh's cause, Pigneau de Béhaine went to France in 1787 as the special envoy of the king of Nam Hà, accompanied by Nguyễn Ánh's older son, Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, then seven years old, as a token of Pigneau's authority to negotiate in Nguyễn Ánh's name. Arriving at the court of Louis XVI in Versailles in February 1787, Pigneau had difficulty gathering support for a French expedition in support of Nguyễn Phúc Ánh.
Sources
- Treaty of Versailles (1787) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
- Gia Long Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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