# Aymar de Chaste

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'''Aymar de Chaste''' (1514–1603) was a Catholic French [admiral](/source/admiral) during the Franco-Spanish Wars between 1582 and 1598.

A gentleman of the King's Chamber, François Aymar (or Aimar) de Cleremont de Chaste served as governor of [Dieppe](/source/Dieppe%2C_Seine-Maritime) and [Arques-la-Bataille](/source/Arques-la-Bataille) as well as the French ambassador to England during mid to late 16th century. A vice admiral, Chaste commanded the French-Portuguese naval forces supporting [António, Prior of Crato](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio%2C_Prior_of_Crato)'s attempt to defend the [Azores](/source/Azores) from Spain to use as a staging point to liberate Portugal. However, he was defeated by [Álvaro de Bazán](/source/%C3%81lvaro_de_Baz%C3%A1n), Marquis of Santa Cruz at the [Battle of Terceira](/source/Battle_of_Terceira) in 1583.

After agreeing to command an expedition to the [Saint Lawrence River](/source/Saint_Lawrence_River) with former officers [Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons](/source/Pierre_Dugua%2C_Sieur_de_Mons), [François Gravé Du Pont](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Grav%C3%A9_Du_Pont), and [Samuel Champlain](/source/Samuel_Champlain), Chaste was appointed Viceroy of Canada by King [Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV_of_France) on February 6, 1602. Chaste would preside over [New France](/source/New_France) as lieutenant governor later forming the "Canada and Acadia Trading Company", which would eventually establish French domination of the [North American fur trade](/source/North_American_fur_trade) for more than a decade, overseeing the company until his death in 1603, shortly before this first expedition return to France.

==Further reading==
*''Biographie universelle'', 1811–1862. 
*''Dictionnaire historique de France'', 1968.

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