Alphonse d'Ornano

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Alphonse d'Ornano

Alphonse d'Ornano (1548 - 20/21 January 1610) was a Marshal of France, active during the French Wars of Religion. [1]

He was born in Bastelica, Corsica, the son of Sampiero Corso and Vannina d'Ornano. He died in Paris and was buried in Bordeaux. He was the father of Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano. [1]

He was mayor of Bordeaux from 1599 to 1610. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Vergé-Franceschi, Michel (2004). "Les Ornano : des seigneurs feudataires corso-génois (1498-1610)". Chemins d'outre-mer. Études d'histoire sur la Méditerranée médiévale offertes à Michel Balard (in French). Éditions de la Sorbonne. pp. 847–857. doi:10.4000/books.psorbonne.4019. ISBN   9782859448271.
  2. Coste, Laurent (2010). "Les élections dans l'ordre de la noblesse à la jurade de Bordeaux (de 1550 à 1789)". Cahiers de recherches médiévales et humanistes (in French). 20 (20): 197–210. doi: 10.4000/crm.12222 .