Ottoman embassy to France (1534)

The 1534 Ottoman embassy was composed of Janissaries. Drawing by Gentile Bellini.

An Ottoman embassy to France occurred in 1534, with the objective to prepare and coordinate Franco-Ottoman offensives for the next year, 1535.[1] The embassy closely followed a first Ottoman embassy to France in 1533, as well as the Conquest of Tunis by Hayreddin Barbarossa on 16 August 1534, which marked a strong reinforcement of Ottoman positions in the Western Mediterranean.

  1. ^ Garnier, p.88