Alphonse d'Ornano

Alphonse d'Ornano

Alphonse d'Ornano (1548 - January 20 or 21, 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]

  1. ^ a b 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: 197–210. doi:10.4000/crm.12222.