He also undertook diplomatic missions to Venice and Naples.

Because of his recommendation, First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy undertook her 1962 diplomatic missions in India and Pakistan.

In 1637 John Casimir undertook a diplomatic mission to Vienna, which he abandoned to join the army of the Holy Roman Empire and fight against the French.

In early 1816, Britain undertook a diplomatic mission, backed by a small squadron of ships of the line to Tunis, Tripoli, and Algiers to convince the Deys to stop their piracy and free the Christian slaves.

A prominent example being that of Rabi ibn Zayd, a palace official who, sometime between 961 and 976, wrote the famous Calendar of Córdoba for Abd ar-Rahman III, undertook various diplomatic missions in Germania and Byzantium and was rewarded with the bishopric of Elvira ( present Granada ).

He undertook diplomatic missions on behalf of Strassburg, the Protestant estates, and the king of France.

He undertook an important diplomatic assignment in 1220 to recover Princess Joan, infant sister of Henry III, from the court of Hugh X of Lusignan to whom she had been betrothed and by whom then rejected.

The Bourbon Restoration ended his diplomatic career, but in 1818 he undertook a journey with government aid to Tibet, from whence he succeeded in introducing into France 400 Kashmir goats.

In early 1816, Exmouth undertook a diplomatic mission, backed by a small squadron of ships of the line to Tunis, Tripoli, and Algiers to convince the Deys to stop the practice and free the Christian slaves.

For a while he served as one of 100 royal bodyguards of Carlos V, and he accompanied the Emperor on a trip to Flanders in 1522, and undertook sensitive diplomatic missions.

Prior to the negotiation of the Versailles accords, Bullitt, along with journalist Lincoln Steffens and Swedish Communist Karl Kilbom, undertook a special mission to Soviet Russia to negotiate diplomatic relations between the US and the Bolshevik regime.

In 1158 Rainald undertook a diplomatic journey into Italy to prepare the way for the emperor.

In 1632 and 1633, he undertook a diplomatic mission to the courts of France, Savoy, Florencee and Venice.

He became, in 1667, governor of Touraine and undertook several diplomatic missions to Trier, Mainz and Modena.

In 1948, between missions of mine clearance, underwater exploration and technological and physiological tests, Cousteau undertook a first campaign in the Mediterranean on board the sloop Élie Monnier, with Philippe Tailliez, Frédéric Dumas, Jean Alinat and the scenario writer Marcel Ichac.

Columbia then undertook three further research missions to test its technical characteristics and performance.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

The LRDG undertook reconnaissance and occasional strike missions deep behind enemy lines in North Africa.

From an early date they undertook missions to non-Catholics in America, Asia and Africa, and a College was founded in Rome for the purpose of preparing their members for foreign missions.

While his father was appointed minister of the interior, he entered the army, and undertook political missions to Paris and London.

Under Major General Curtis LeMay, the U. S. 20th Air Force, based in the Mariana Islands, undertook low-level incendiary bombing missions, results of which were soon measured in the number of square miles destroyed.

He undertook a tireless round of missionary appeals throughout Europe, begging for spiritual and material aid for the African missions from Kings and Queens, Bishops and nobles, as well as from the poor, simple people.

Richard Nixon was elected Vice President in the Eisenhower administration, whereupon Pat undertook many missions of goodwill with her husband and gained favorable media coverage.

She undertook many missions of goodwill to foreign nations as well.

The 1st Brigade also undertook a number of humanitarian missions.

The first missions the Brazilians undertook were reconnaissance operations to the end of August.

During October 1942, American forces undertook seven bombing missions over Kiska, though two were aborted due to inclement weather.

Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the Marine Corps.

In 1610 and 1611, Calvert undertook missions to the continent on behalf of the king, visiting a number of embassies in Paris, Holland, and Cleves, and acting as an ambassador to the French court during the coronation of Louis XIII in 1610.

Rock to recruit new members — most of whom died during the missions they undertook.

Over the course of 66 issues, this incarnation of the Suicide Squad undertook numerous high-risk missions for the U. S. government.

Gerard undertook missions to Pope Urban II, seen here preaching the First Crusade in an illustration from the Grand Chronicle of France, a work from about 1455.

In 986, the Byzantine emperor Basil II undertook a campaign to conquer Bulgaria.

For a variety of reasons, Prince Boris I of Bulgaria became interested in converting to Christianity and undertook to do that at the hands of western clergymen to be supplied by King Louis the German of East Francia in 863.

Victorious over the Arabs, Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas refused to pay the annual tribute to Bulgaria in 966, complaining of the Bulgarian alliance with the Magyars, and undertook a show of force at the Bulgarian border.

In early 811, Nikephoros I undertook a massive expedition against Bulgaria, and advanced to Marcellae ( near Karnobat ).

German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who led the Congress, undertook to stabilize the Balkans, recognize the reduced power of the Ottoman Empire, and balance the distinct interests of Britain, Russia and Austria-Hungary ; at the same time he tried to diminish Russian gains in the region and to prevent the rise of a big Bulgaria.

In 1808, when the Sultan Mustafa IV ascended the throne with the help of the reactionaries who opposed the reform efforts undertook by Selim III, and the deposed Selim III was imprisoned, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha was the governor of the city of Rusçuk ( today " Rousse ") in Bulgaria.

With the resources thus gained he undertook to enable Philip V to carry out an ambitious foreign policy to undo the Treaty of Utrecht, with the aim of countering the Habsburgs and recovering Spanish possessions in Italy, where he was responsible for unwarranted invasions of Sardinia ( November 1717, strongly supported by Sardinian politician Vicente Bacallar ) and Sicily ( July 1718 ), in spite of promises made to the Pope, while pressing Spanish causes in France with the Cellamare Conspiracy.

In return, Rollo swore fealty to Charles, converted to Christianity, and undertook to defend the northern region of France against the incursions of other Viking groups.

Like France and Sweden, homosexual activity was legal but socially frowned upon in Poland, and he undertook relationships with a number of men in Warsaw.

He undertook numerous journeys to Belgium, France, Italy and England, and acquired a name for himself as a talented portraitist.

Bolívar returned to Europe in 1804, where he lived in Napoleonic France for a while and undertook the Grand Tour.

In 1295, he forged an alliance with France and Scotland against England, whereby Norway undertook to supply the King of France with 300 ships and 50 000 troops.

To extend his fame and earning power beyond Paris, he undertook tours of France and Germany.

Under the Earl of Danby the government now undertook a political realignment, and prepared to enter the war against France.

At the close of his undergraduate career he undertook a literary tour through Germany, the Netherlands, France and England.

At 25 years old Flourens undertook in 1863, on behalf of his father, a course of lectures at the Collège de France, on the subject of the history of mankind.

A turning point in McElwee's life occurred when he undertook a self-discovery voyage to Brittany, France and began practicing photography.

In the following year he pleaded for the liberation of the duchess, made a memorable speech in defence of François-René de Chateaubriand, who was prosecuted for his violent attacks on the government of Louis-Philippe of France, and undertook the defence of several Legitimist journalists.

In 1795 he undertook a journey to the United States, where he was accused ( 1797 ) by John Adams ' administration of being a French spy sent to prepare for the reoccupation of Louisiana by France and briefly to the West Indies.

At the beginning of 1943, in addition to its continuing work on the Atlantic Wall, the organization also undertook the construction of launch platforms in northern France for the V1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket.

Over the next century this work was extended most notably by the Cassini family: between 1683 and 1718 Jean-Dominique Cassini and his son Jacques Cassini surveyed the whole of the Paris meridian from Dunkirk to Perpignan ; and between 1733 and 1740 Jacques and his son César Cassini undertook the first triangulation of the whole country, including a re-surveying of the meridian arc, leading to the publication in 1745 of the first map of France constructed on rigorous principles.

He moved to England in 1837, continued his study of the natural sciences at various places, including the British Museum, London, and the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and undertook field work in several European countries, including France, Italy and Switzerland.

The next great work he undertook was the deciphering of the Avesta manuscripts brought to France by Anquetil-Duperron.

France undertook, moreover, to pay the outstanding subsidies to Sweden, amounting to one and a half millions of livres annually, beginning from January 1772 ; and Vergennes, one of the great names of French diplomacy, was to be sent to circumvent the designs of Russia at Stockholm as he had previously circumvented them at Constantinople.

Louis IX of France also undertook major legal reforms and, inspired by ecclesiastical court procedure, extended Canon-law evidence and inquisitorial-trial systems to the royal courts.

Though in his letters home to Beatrice and Neville he showed an obvious preference for France and the lifestyle he had left behind there, Chamberlain undertook to learn German and learn from his experience in the capital of the Kaiserreich.

It was also in December 1529 that he was ennobled as George, Viscount Rochford, and undertook his first assignment as a diplomat to France as Ambassador.

He said, their going into such a design would provoke France to turn against them: it might engage them in a long war, the consequences of which could not be forseen: and, as there was no reason to think that, while the parliament was so firm to the king, any discontents could be carried so far as to a general rising, which these men undertook for, so, he said, what would the effect be of turning England into a commonwealth, if it could possibly be brought about, but the ruin of Holland?