Charles de Ferriol [SEP] position held
Charles de Ferriol
Charles de Ferriol (1652–1722) was a French ambassador sent by Louis XIV to the Ottoman Empire from 1692 to 1711, during the rule of Sultan Ahmed III.
A painting by Jean-Baptiste van Mour, who had accompanied him on his mission to Constantinople, shows his reception by the Sultan.
Ferriol is also known as the man who brought to France the epistolary writer Charlotte Aïssé, a Circassian slave he had bought in Constantinople. His alleged attempts to gain sexual favours from her, never
Charles de Venasque-Ferriol
Charles de Venasque-Ferriol was a French genealogist and courtier in Monaco during the seventeenth century. He was the secretary of Honoré II, Prince of Monaco and the author of several books, one of which falsely suggested the House of Grimaldi was related to Charles Martel.
Early life.
Charles de Venasque-Ferriol was born in Cavaillon. His father, Jean-Baptiste Ferriolis, was the Lord of Venasque and Saint-Didier. His mother was Auriane de Saint-Maurice.