Claude d'Annebault
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Claude d'Annebault was a French military officer; Marshal of France; Admiral of France; and Governor of Piedmont in 1541. He led the French invasion of the Isle of Wight in 1545. Annebault was governo
Portrait of Claude d'Annebault (school of Jean Clouet, c. 1535)
The French invasion of the Isle of Wight occurred during the Italian Wars in July 1545. The invasion was repulsed.
Claude d'Annebault
…November 1552) was a French military officer; Marshal of France (1538–52); Admiral of France (1543–1552); and Governor of Piedmont in 1541. He led the French invasion of the Isle of Wight in 1545. Annebault was governor of Normandy and a very powerful figure during the reign of King Francis. Claude was a commissioner for the Anglo-French…
A French fleet attacks Bembridge in 1545.
An 1873 illustration of the French landing