Person pirate leader
Montluc
pirate leader
Leader of the French pirates who stormed the fortress in 1566.
1Mentioned in
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- Fortress of São Lourenço — Leader of the French pirates who stormed the fortress in 1566.
2Chronology
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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.
3Places mentioned
Abroad