Guillaume Bérard was a French Consul established in Fez, Morocco, in 1577 by Henry III of France.
[1][2] His nomination followed the mission of Louis Cabrette, a French captain who had been used as an envoy to France by Sultan Al-Malek in 1576.
In 1574, he saved the life of Moroccan prince Abd al-Malik during an epidemic in Constantinople, where he was then in exile since the death of Moulay Abdallah in January 1574.
[3] Berard, who was a subject of the Duke of Savoy, was then naturalized French, and on 10 June 1577 he was elevated to the position of Consul of France "to the King of Fez and Morocco".
After the Battle of Ksar el Kebir in 1578, Guillaume Bérard returned to France to announce the enthronement of Abd al-Malik's successor, Moulay Ahmad al-Mansur.