Article Nº 2439 Military or naval figure Vol. II · pp. 751–752
Montluc (Pedro Beltrão de)
Commander of the French corsairs who sacked Funchal in 1566, who died there of a knee wound.
Commander of the corsairs who sacked the city of Funchal in 1566. He died here as a result of a wound he received in one knee.
People mentioned
- Pedro Beltrão de Montluc d. 1566
Places mentioned
Chronology
- French Huguenot corsairs under Montluc, guided by Gaspar Caldeira, landed at Praia Formosa and sacked Funchal, storming the fortress of São Lourenço, profaning the cathedral and the Santa Clara convent, whose nuns fled to the Curral; Gaspar de Braga died resisting them. The attack, during the captaincy of Francisco Gonçalves da Câmara, prompted new coastal fortifications.