Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie (3 October 1705 – 1 January 1759) was a French diplomat who engineered the coup d'etat that brought Elizaveta Petrovna to the Russian throne in 1741.
Marquis Jacques-Joachim Trotti de La Chétardie, born on 3 October 1705 and died on 1 January 1759, was a French diplomat who masterminded the revolution that placed Elizaveta Petrovna on the Russian throne in 1741.