Antoine Escalin des Aimars [SEP] position held
Antoine Escalin des Aimars
Antoine Escalin des Aimars (1516 - 1578), also known as Captain Polin or Captain Paulin, later Baron de La Garde, was French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1541 to 1547, and ""Général des Galères"" ("General of the galleys") from 1544.
Italian Wars.
Polin was noticed by Guillaume du Bellay as a valuable officer of the French Army during the Italian Wars in the Piedmont.
Ottoman alliance.
Polin succeeded ambassador Antoine de Rincon
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