Claude d'Annebault
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Claude d'Annebault (1495 - 1552) was a French military officer and Admiral of France.[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]
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- ^ Knecht, Robert Jean (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press, 485. ISBN 052157885X.
