Conquest of Tunis (1535)
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The Conquest of Tunis in 1535 occurred when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his allies captured the city of Tunis from the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Catholic fleet, which included admira
Attack on La Goletta, with Tunis in the background
Ottoman troops in the conquest of Tunis, 1535.
The armada firing against La Goulette.
Terrestrial assault on La Goulette.
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
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.
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 Jean de La Forest at the Ottoman court