Francis, increasingly embarrassed by the Ottoman presence, …
Years: 1544 - 1544
May
Francis, increasingly embarrassed by the Ottoman presence, is unwilling to help Barbarossa recapture Tunis; therefore, the Ottoman fleet—accompanied by five French galleys under Antoine Escalin des Aimars—sails for Istanbul in May 1544, pillaging the Neapolitan coast along the way.
Locations
People
Groups
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Scotland, Kingdom of
- 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)
- Anglo-Scottish War of 1542-49 (War of The Rough Wooing)
- Anglo-French War of 1542-46
- Italian War of 1542-6, or Italian War between Charles V and Francis I, Fourth
