Siege of Corfu (1537)
Siege of Corfu | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) | |||||||
![]() The French and Ottoman fleets joined at the siege of Corfu in early September 1537. | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
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The siege of Corfu in 1537 was led by the
Avlona expedition
For 1537 important combined operations had been agreed upon between
Siege
The Ottomans departed from Southern Italy, and instead diverted their forces to mount the Siege of Corfu, a possession of the Republic of Venice, in August 1537.[3] Suleiman decided to leave Avlona for Corfu on 19 August 1537.[4] The fleet, composed of about 320 ships,[5] started bombarding Corfu on 26 August.[4] Ottoman troops amounting to 25,000 men were landed on the island of Corfu.[4]
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At the siege, the Ottomans were met by the French Admiral
French ambassador Jean de La Forêt became seriously ill and died around that time.
The fleet of Saint-Blancard wintered in Chios until 17 February 1538.[9] 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.[10] Hayreddin Barbarossa provided for the expenses, and the French galleys finally left on 11 April 1538 to return to Nice through Monastir.[11]
A consequence of the siege was that the Venetians decided to form an alliance with the Pope and the Habsburg against the Ottomans.
Notes
- ^ History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey Ezel Kural Shaw p.97ff [1]
- ^ a b c d e The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571) by Kenneth M. Setton
- ISBN 9780521291354.
- ^ a b c Garnier, p.135
- ^ Garnier, p.128
- ^ Garnier, p.134
- ^ Garnier, p.138
- ^ Dyer, Thomas Henry (1861-01-01). The history of modern Europe: from the fall of Constantinople, in 1453, to the war in the Crimea, in 1857. J. Murray. p. 574.
Saint Blancard Barbarossa.
- ^ Garnier, p.149
- ^ Garnier, p.150
- ^ Garnier, p.151-153
- ^ Garnier, p.140
- ^ Garnier, p.154
References
- Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris