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Claude d'Annebault

Portrait of Claude d'Annebault (school of Jean Clouet, c. 1535)

Claude d'Annebault (1495 – 2 November 1552) was a French military officer; Marshal of France (1538–52); Admiral of France (1543–1552); and Governor of Piedmont in 1541.[1] He led the French invasion of the Isle of Wight in 1545.[2] Annebault was governor of Normandy[3] and a very powerful figure during the reign of King Francis.[4]

Claude was a commissioner for the Anglo-French Treaty of Ardres, also known as the Treaty of Camp, which was signed on 7 June 1546 and a step towards the conclusion of the Italian War of 1542–1546.[5] After a delay which the English found frustrating, Claude then visited England as a special ambassador for the peace treaty 20–30 August 1546.[6] Four cannon at Walmer Castle burst while firing his salute.[7] Claude wrote from London to his ally, Mary of Guise, in Scotland on 28 August, explaining his difficulties in forwarding their mutual interest.[8]

  1. ^ Rodger, N. A. M. (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 183. ISBN 0-393-31960-1.
  2. ^ Regan, Geoffrey (2000). The Brassey's Book of Naval Blunders. Brassey's Naval Annual. p. 120. ISBN 1-57488-253-8.
  3. ^ Sessions, William A. (1999). Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey: A Life. Oxford University Press. p. 332. ISBN 0-19-818625-8.
  4. ^ Knecht, Robert Jean (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press. pp. 485. ISBN 0-521-57885-X.
  5. ^ Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vol. 21 part 1, (1908), no. 1014, Treaty of Camp/Ardres.
  6. ^ Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vol. 21, part 1, (1908), no. 1384, no. 1530.
  7. ^ Starkey, David, ed., Inventory of Henry VIII, vol. 1, Society of Antiquaries (1998), p.108, no. 4132: , Letters & Papers Henry VIII, vol. 21, part 1, (1908), no. 1384, no. 1530.
  8. ^ Marguerite Wood, ed., Balcarres Papers, vol. 1, SHS (1923); 145–147.

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