Corsican Guard Affair
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Corsican Guard Affair
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The Corsican Guard Affair was an event in French and papal history, illustrating Louis XIV of France's will to impose his power on other European leaders. On 20 August 1662, soldiers of pope Alexander VII's Corsican Guard came to blows with the Frenchmen guarding the French embassy in Rome. Shots were fired at the coach of Charles III de Créquy, the French ambassador, leaving several dead and wounded, including one of the ambassador's pages. In effect, some time earlier, a crime had been prevent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsican_Guard_Affair
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2022-09-02T21:53:29Z
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