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Bertrand d'Ornesan

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Le Voyage du Baron de Saint Blancard en Turquie, by Jean de la Vega, after 1538.

Bertrand d'Ornesan, also Bertrand d'Ornezan, Baron de Saint-Blancard, was a French Admiral in the service of King Francis I of France. He was general of the galleys of the Mediterranean (Amiral de la Flotte du Levant).

Bertrand d'Ornesan tried to establish a French trading post at Pernambuco, Brazil in 1531.[1]

In 1533 Bertrand d'Ornesan joined the Ottoman embassy to France (1533) which was to meet with Francis I.[2]

In 1537, Ornesan was involved in operations with the Ottoman Empire within the context of the Franco-Ottoman alliance between Francis I and Suleiman the Magnificient during a period of two years. He led a fleet of galleys to Corfu to join the fleet of Barbarossa at the Siege of Corfu (1537), but finally failed to convince the Ottomans to participate in a proposed major expedition against Italy.[3] Saint-Blancard had left Marseilles on 15 August, with 12 galleys in early September 1537.[4][5] Eventually Suleiman, worried by a plague among his troops,[6] decided to return with his fleet to Istambul by mid-September without having captured Corfu.[4]

The fleet of Saint-Blancard wintered in Chios until 17 February 1538.[7] It was decided that three ships would go to Constantinople, while the rest of the fleet returned to France. In Constantinople, they were received by the French ambassador Charles de Marillac.[8] Hayreddin Barbarossa provided for the expenses, and the French galleys finally left on 11 April 1538 to return to Nice through Monastir.[9]

Jean de la Vega, a member of his staff, wrote the account of his travels.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I by R. J. Knecht p.375 [1]
  2. ^ Garnier, p.73-74
  3. ^ The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571) by Kenneth M. Setton p.431 [2]
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Setton 431 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Garnier, p.134
  6. ^ Garnier, p.138
  7. ^ Garnier, p.149
  8. ^ Garnier, p.150
  9. ^ Garnier, p.151-153
  10. ^ Musée d'Ecouen exhibit

References

  • Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 9782866456788 Interview
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