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François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort , 1656 – March 2 , 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral , and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great.
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François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great.
His wife was a Creole whose family owned considerable property in Saint-Domingue. Their three sons all later entered the army. Galbaud fought during the American Revolutionary War. After this he was stationed in the garrison at Strasbourg until the French Revolution of 1789.
François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great. Le Fort's house gradually turned into a main attraction of the Nemetskaya sloboda ...
François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great. François Le...
Dec 4, 2007 · François. Le Fort. Portrait de François Le Fort. Huile sur toile daté 1698 et signé sur le bord inférieur du tapis par Michiel van Musscher ( Musée d'art et d'histoire Genève, no inv. 014237 ). […] 2.1.1656 à Genève, 2.3.1699 à Moscou, prot., de Genève. Fils de Jacques, marchand droguiste, et de Françoise Lect. Frère d'Ami ( -> ).
François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2 (12), 1656 – March 2 (12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great.
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