Barbarossa is by this point becoming a …
Years: 1543 - 1543
September
Barbarossa is by this point becoming a liability; on September 6, he had threatened to depart if he were not given the means with which to resupply his fleet.
In response, Francis orders that the population of Toulon—except for "heads of households"—be expelled, and that the city then be given to Barbarossa, who will use it as a base for his army of thirty thousand for the next eight months so that they can continue to harass the Holy Roman Empire, and especially the coast of Spain and Italy, as well the communications between the two countries.
Barbarossa is also promised that he will receive help from the French in reconquering Tunis if he stays through the winter in France.
Locations
People
Groups
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Tunis, Sultanate of (Hafsid Kingdom)
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Scotland, Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
Topics
- Ottoman-Habsburg Wars
- Protestant Reformation
- Little War in Hungary
- Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival)
- Italian War of 1542-6, or Italian War between Charles V and Francis I, Fourth
- Anglo-French War of 1542-46
- Anglo-Scottish War of 1542-49 (War of The Rough Wooing)
- Nice, Siege of
