BEAUFORT, DUKE OF

BEAUFORT, DUKE OF
   grandson of Henry IV. of France; one of the chiefs of the Fronde; was surnamed Roi des Halles (King of the Market-folk); appointed admiral of France; did good execution against the pirates; passed into the service of Venice; was killed at the siege of Candia in 1669.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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