Raimond de Beccarie de Pavie, baron (Seigneur) de Fourquevaux was a French soldier, politician, and diplomat.[1]

The baron de Fourquevaux was born in Toulouse on 29 September 1508.[2] He held many posts in the French government of the time, including that of the governor of Narbonne, an Ambassador to Spain, and as a Capitoul of Toulouse.[1] He was known as Raymond Beccaria, Raymond de Rouer, and Raimond de Beccarie de Pavie. He was the author of Instructions sur le faict de la Guerre (Paris: Michel Vascosan pour Galliot du Pré, 1548).

De Fourquevaux died in Narbonne on 4 July 1574.[2]

Extracts in English translation Beatrice Heuser: The Strategy Makers: Thoughts on War and Society from Machiavelli to Clausewitz (Santa Monica, CA: Greenwood/Praeger, 2010), pp. 32–49

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  1. 1 2 "Raymond de Rouer Fourquevaux (baron de, 1508–1574)". data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Douais, Célestin (1891). Une importante correspondance du XVIe siècle. Paris: Alphonse Picard.
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