Louis Deshayes

Louis Deshayes, Baron de Courmemin, born in 1600 and died on 12 October 12, 1632, was a French diplomat.

Biography
Advisor to Louis XIII, he was sent on several missions to the Levant, Denmark, Safavid Iran and the Tsardom of Russia.

Having joined a conspiracy against Cardinal Richelieu, he was arrested under the orders of his rival Hercules de Charnacé, at Mainz and beheaded at Béziers in 1632.

Works

 * Voyage du Levant, fait par le commandement du roi en 1621, Paris, 1624
 * Voyages au Danemark, 1664.