Léon d'Ymbault
Léon d'Ymbault de Vanthay (also: Leon d'Ymbault, Leon d'Imbault, Leon von Imbolt, Leon Imbo; born c. 1700 in Dragomesti, now Astakos; died March/April 1781 in Czernowitz, now Chernivtsi) was the last Moldavian mayor of Czernowitz before the annexation of the Bukovina by Austria in 1775. Origin Léon d'Ymbault was an offspring of low French nobility, from the family of Maltese knights Ymbault de Manthay. Nothing is known about his parents. Ymbault was born in the then Venetian city of Dragomesti (at present Astakos () in the Greek prefecture Aetolia-Acarnania), around the year 1700. The exact date of birth is unknown. Career Ymbault got his education in the years 1721–1726 in the Capucine Monastery of Pera (the European quarter of Constantinople). In 1730 he became a position as Dragoman (interpreter) at the French legation of Constantinople. In 1734 he was sent as interpreter to Candia (Crete) and in 1735 to Morea (Peloponnese). His good knowledge of Slavonic languages urged his further career. In 1739 the Principality of Moldavia was temporarily occupied by Russian troops. Since 1740 Ymbault worked as dragoman for the Princes of Moldavia and travelled several times in charge of diplomatic tasks to Slavonic neighbour countries (Poland, Russia). According