Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan
Illustration from Courtilz de Sandras' novel Les mémoires de M. d'Artagnan.
Born	c. 1611 Lupiac, Kingdom of France
Died	25 June 1673 (aged 61–62) Maastricht, Dutch Republic
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	French Army
Years of service	1632–1673
Rank	Capitaine
Unit	Gardes Françaises
Commands held	Musketeers of the Guard Governor of Lille
Battles/wars	Fronde Franco-Dutch War Siege of Maastricht †

Charles de Batz de Castelmore (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də bats də kastɛlmɔʁ]), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas père, most famously including The Three Musketeers (1844). The heavily fictionalised version of d'Artagnan featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure.