Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon
Commander
Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegaignon, also Villegagnon was a Commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic... Wikipedia
Born: 1510, Provins, France
Died: January 9, 1571 (age 61 years), Grez-sur-Loing, France
Battles/wars: Algiers expedition (1541); Little War in Hungary; Invasion of Gozo (1551); Siege of Tripoli (1551)