| Surname | Mirmand, de | |
| First Name | Henry | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Place of death | Neuchâtel | |
| Year of birth | ||
| Year of death | 1721 | |
| Profession | ambassador | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Zurich, Berlin, La Haye (ND), Rotterdam (ND), Prenzlau (D), Neuchâtel | |
| Century | 17 / 18 | |
| Biographical information | Native of Languedoc, Knight, Lord of Vesfric (Gard), and Protestant. He married for the second time in the Netherlands in 1700. His wife, Anne Franeville, died eight years later. | |
| Title | Copie des mémoires de Monsieur de Mirmand pour sa petite fille Henriette de Cabrol. | |
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| Period writen | 1716 | |
| Period covered | 1685-1716 | |
| Format / Language | French, copy | |
| Physical description | notebook, 18 x 22 cm, 194 p. (90 written pages). |
| Content | The author explains to his granddaughter (to whom these "memories" are addressed) how he left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Thanks to the good offices of a friend in Agde, he departed for Catalonia with his two daughters (aged seven and four and a half) alongside their governess and a servant. From there they travelled to Italy and then to Switzerland where they joined their compatriots in Zurich. In 1686 Mirmand went to Berlin to ask for help from the King of Prussia. He was granted a pension and the right to asylum, but decided to stay in Zurich. In 1688 the King of Prussia called upon him to discuss the fate of Protestant refugees from France. His position as Deputy obliged him (among other things) to become ambassador to Ireland, London and The Hague. After dividing his time between Germany and the Netherlands, he finally settled in Neuchâtel in 1711 where he would live out his retirement. |
| Place of deposit | BPUN |
| Classification | Ms A 201 |
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| Author | FF |
