A native of western flanders, ogier ghiselin de busbecq served in several posts as diplomatic representative for the habsburg ruler ferdinand i (king of bohemia and hungary, 1526--64, and holy roman emperor, 1556--64). Busbecq's most famous mission was undoubtedly to the ottoman empire at the zenith of its power and glory during the reign of suleiman the magnificent.
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