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Antonio Rincon
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Antonio Rincon, also Antoine de Rincon, was a Spanish-born diplomat in the service of France. An influential envoy from the King of France to Sultan Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire, he made various m
In 1532, the French ambassador Antonio Rincon presented Suleiman the Magnificent with this tiara or helmet, made in Venice for 115,000 ducats.
In 1532, the French ambassador Antonio Rincon presented Suleiman the Magnificent with this tiara or helmet, made in Venice for 115,000 ducats.
Letter of Antonio Rincon to Admiral de Bonnivet, reporting on his missions in Hungary and Poland, 4 April 1523.
Letter of Antonio Rincon to Admiral de Bonnivet, reporting on his missions in Hungary and Poland, 4 April 1523.
Jean de La Forêt
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Jean de La Forêt, also Jean de La Forest or Jehan de la Forest, was the first official French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, serving from 1534 to 1537. Antonio Rincon had preceded him as an envoy t
Antonio Rincon
…against Italy, rather than the offensive against Hungary that the Ottomans were planning. After an illness, he arrived too late to change their plans. Jean de La Forêt became the first official French ambassador to the Ottoman court in 1534. Rincon in turn became an official French Ambassador to the Ottoman court from…
Draft of the 1536 Treaty negotiated between Jean de La Forêt and Ibrahim Pasha, a few days before his assassination, expanding to the whole Ottoman Em
Draft of the 1536 Treaty negotiated between Jean de La Forêt and Ibrahim Pasha, a few days before his assassination, expanding to the whole Ottoman Empire the privileges received in Egypt from the Mamluks before 1518.
Jean de La Forêt negotiated with Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1534.
Jean de La Forêt negotiated with Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1534.
Military instructions to Jean de la Forêt, by Chancellor Antoine Duprat (copy), 11 February 1535.
Military instructions to Jean de la Forêt, by Chancellor Antoine Duprat (copy), 11 February 1535.
Letter of Suleiman to Francis I in 1536, informing Francis I of the successful campaign of Iraq, and acknowledging the permanent French embassy of Jea
Letter of Suleiman to Francis I in 1536, informing Francis I of the successful campaign of Iraq, and acknowledging the permanent French embassy of Jean de La Forest at the Ottoman court