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Stephen Lesieur
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'''Stephen Lesieur''' (fl. 1575-1640) was an English ambassador to Denmark, Florence, and the Holy Roman Empire.
Lesieur was born in Geneva came to England in 1575 and was first employed as a servant of Sir [[Philip Sidney]].
He was ambassador to the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in 1603-1604 and 1610-1614, and ambassador to Florence in 1608-1609.
On 12 February 1603 Lesieur wrote from Bremen to [[Christian IV of Denmark]], sending a minature portrait of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]] that he had commissioned in London at Christian's request.<ref>William Dunn Macray, [https://ift.tt/2oJsULc 'Report on the Royal Archives in Denmark', ''45th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records: Appendix II'' (London, 1885), p. 56].</ref>
The dates of Lesieur's birth and death are uncertain.
==References==
[[Category:People from Geneva]]
[[Category:People of the Tudor period]]
[[Category:People of the Stuart period]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of England to the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[Category:17th-century English diplomats]]
Lesieur was born in Geneva came to England in 1575 and was first employed as a servant of Sir [[Philip Sidney]].
He was ambassador to the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in 1603-1604 and 1610-1614, and ambassador to Florence in 1608-1609.
On 12 February 1603 Lesieur wrote from Bremen to [[Christian IV of Denmark]], sending a minature portrait of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]] that he had commissioned in London at Christian's request.<ref>William Dunn Macray, [https://ift.tt/2oJsULc 'Report on the Royal Archives in Denmark', ''45th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records: Appendix II'' (London, 1885), p. 56].</ref>
The dates of Lesieur's birth and death are uncertain.
==References==
[[Category:People from Geneva]]
[[Category:People of the Tudor period]]
[[Category:People of the Stuart period]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of England to the Holy Roman Empire]]
[[Category:17th-century English diplomats]]
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