Ok-khun Chamnan

[1]: 55  The embassy was also bearing presents for the King of France, Louis XIV, and was planning to send three ambassadors to visit him.

After a series of adventures, Chamnan made his way across the tip of Africa to join the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope.

[1]: 5 The Siamese mission was accompanied by the Jesuit Father Guy Tachard and the French envoy extraordinary to Siam, Simon de la Loubère.

In February 1689, the embassy was granted an audience with Louis XIV, and the treaty of commerce Céberet had obtained in 1687 was ratified.

[1]: 7  Two weeks later a military treaty was signed, designating François d'Alesso, Marquis d'Eragny, as captain of the palace guard in Ayutthaya and inspector of French troops in Siam.