Guillaume du Bellay
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Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey, was a French diplomat and general from a notable Angevin family under King Francis I.
Portrait of Guillaume du Bellay, now in the Musée de Versailles (Oil on wood, c. 1535)
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
Guillaume du Bellay
…war of 1537, Francis I sent him on missions to Piedmont; he was governor of Turin from December 1537 until the end of 1539, and subsequently replacing Marshal d’Annebaut as governor of the whole of Piedmont, he displayed great capacity for organization. But at the end of 1542, overwhelmed by work, he was compelled to…
Portrait of Claude d'Annebault (school of Jean Clouet, c. 1535)