Siege of Nice
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Although the <entity_1>, of which <entity_6> was a part, had been a French protectorate for a century, Francis I chose to attack the city of <entity_6> with the allied force, mainly because Charles III, Duke of Savoy had angered him by marrying Beatrice of Portugal, thus becoming an ally of the Habsburgs. Catherine Ségurane (Catarina Ségurana in the Niçard dialect of Provençal) is a folk heroine of the city of <entity_6>, <entity_3> who is said to have played a decisive role in repelling the city's <entity_4> by Turkish invaders allied with Francis I, the <entity_2>, in the summer of 1543. At the time, <entity_6> was part of Savoy, independent from <entity_3>, and had no standing military to defend it. Following the <entity_4>, the Ottomans were offered by Francis to winter at Toulon, so that they could continue to harass the <entity_0>, and especially the coast of Spain and <entity_5>, as well the communications between the two countries. A local consequence of the <entity_4> was the reinforcement of the coast with defensive fortifications, especially the castles of <entity_6> and Mont Alban, and the fort of Saint-Elme de Villefranche.
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