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The Invasion of Corsica of 1553 occurred when French, Ottoman and Corsican exile forces combined to capture the island of Corsica from the Genoese.〔''Naval Policy and Strategy in the Mediterranean: Past, Present, and Future'', John B. Hattendorf, p. 17 ()〕 The island had considerable strategic importance in the western Mediterranean, being at the heart of the Habsburg communication network and a forced stopover for small boats sailing between Spain and Italy.〔 The island had been administered since 1453 by the Genoese Bank of Saint George. The invasion of Corsica was accomplished for the benefit of France.〔''The Cambridge History of Islam'', p. 328〕 The island had major strategic importance, as it was located on the sea route between Spain and Italy, which was vital for the Holy Roman Empire.〔(''The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II'' by Fernand Braudel p.929''ff'' )〕 ==Context== The French king Henry II had entered into a major war with the Habsburg Emperor Charles V in 1551, starting the Italian War of 1551–1559. Looking for allies, Henry II, following the Franco-Ottoman alliance policy of his father Francis I, sealed a treaty with Suleiman the Magnificent in order to cooperate against the Habsburgs in the Mediterranean.〔Miller, p.2〕 The Ottomans, accompanied by the French ambassador Gabriel de Luetz d'Aramon, had already defeated a Genoese fleet under Andrea Doria in the Battle of Ponza the previous year in 1552. On 1 February 1553, a new Franco-Ottoman treaty of alliance, involving naval collaboration against the Habsburgs, had been signed between France and the Ottoman Empire.〔''History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey'', Ezel Kural Shaw, p. 106 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Invasion of Corsica (1553)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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