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unusual facts about Admiral of France


Philippe de Chabot

His conflict with Montmorency is depicted in a 17th-century play by George Chapman and James Shirley entitled The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France (1639).


Annebault

Claude d'Annebault (circa 1495-1552) was a French military man who became an admiral and was named Admiral of France in 1538.

Brion Island

Passing by the island in 1534, Jacques Cartier erected his second cross and named the island ille de Bryon after his principal expeditionary patron Philippe de Chabot, Seigneur de Brion and Admiral of France.

Henry de Nogaret de La Valette

Henry (Henri) de Nogaret de La Valette (died 1639) was the eldest son of Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (1554–1642), first Duke of Épernon and Admiral of France, and his wife Marguerite de Foix (1567–1593), comtesse de Candale.


see also

Jean de Bueil

Jean V de Bueil (1406–1477), count of Sancerre, captain general, and admiral of France

Terra Australis

In 1566 and 1570, Francisque and André d'Albaigne presented Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, with projects for establishing relations with the Austral lands.