Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
French captain of musketeers (1611–1673) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles de Batz de Castelmore (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də bats də kastɛlmɔʁ]), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas père, most famously including The Three Musketeers (1844). The heavily fictionalised version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure.
Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan | |
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Born | c. 1611 Lupiac, Kingdom of France |
Died | 25 June 1673 (aged 61–62) Maastricht, Dutch Republic |
Allegiance | Kingdom of France |
Service/ | French Army |
Years of service | 1632–1673 |
Rank | Capitaine |
Unit | Gardes Françaises |
Commands held | Musketeers of the Guard Governor of Lille |
Battles/wars | Fronde Franco-Dutch War |