Jean Ribault

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Jean Ribault was a 16th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading early Huguenot colonization efforts in Florida, including the establishment of the short-lived Fort Caroline settlement.

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Label Occurrences
Jean Ribault canonical 2
René Goulaine de Laudonnière 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Huguenot
explorer
naval officer
person
allegiance French Huguenots NERFINISHED
associatedWith Fort Caroline NERFINISHED
birthDate 1520
birthPlace Dieppe NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath execution
massacre
centuryOfActivity 16th century
commanded French Huguenot colonists in Florida
conflict Spanish colonization of Florida
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1565-10-12
deathPlace Spanish Florida NERFINISHED
near Matanzas Inlet
near present-day St. Augustine, Florida
ethnicGroup French
explored Florida NERFINISHED
St. Johns River NERFINISHED
southeastern coast of North America
familyName Ribault NERFINISHED
founded Charlesfort NERFINISHED
a French settlement on Parris Island, South Carolina
givenName Jean NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery NERFINISHED
historicalRegion French Florida NERFINISHED
killedBy Pedro Menéndez de Avilés NERFINISHED
Spanish forces NERFINISHED
knownFor Huguenot colonization efforts in Florida
establishing early French presence in Florida
exploration of the southeastern coast of North America
languageSpoken French
led 1565 relief expedition to Fort Caroline
militaryBranch French Navy NERFINISHED
name Jean Ribault NERFINISHED
nationality Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
notableWork establishment of Charlesfort
leadership in founding Fort Caroline
leadership of the 1562 French expedition to Florida
occupation colonial administrator
explorer
naval officer
participatedIn French colonization of Florida NERFINISHED
French–Spanish rivalry in the Americas NERFINISHED
religion Huguenot NERFINISHED
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
supportedBy Admiral Gaspard de Coligny NERFINISHED

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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés opponent Jean Ribault
Fort Caroline foundedBy Jean Ribault
this entity surface form: René Goulaine de Laudonnière
Fort Caroline associatedWith Jean Ribault