Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (born 1510)

Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon

French soldier, knight, and explorer (1510–1571)

Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegagnon, also Villegaignon was a commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer who attempted to help the Huguenots in France escape persecution, before turning against them due to Eucharistic disputes.