Eustachius Benedictus (Eustache Benoît) de Lannoy (also spelt "Lennoy" and sometimes called 'Captain De Lannoy') was a Flemish naval commander of the Dutch East India Company, who was sent by the company to help establish a trading post at Colachel, Southern India, but was defeated at the Battle of Colachel by the Travancore army under Maharaja Marthanda Varma in 1741, and subsequently became a valiant and successful commander of the same foreign army that had defeated him.

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  • Eustachius Benedictus (Eustache Benoît) de Lannoy (also spelt "Lennoy" and sometimes called 'Captain De Lannoy') was a Flemish naval commander of the Dutch East India Company, who was sent by the company to help establish a trading post at Colachel, Southern India, but was defeated at the Battle of Colachel by the Travancore army under Maharaja Marthanda Varma in 1741, and subsequently became a valiant and successful commander of the same foreign army that had defeated him. His role as military commander of the Travancore army was instrumental in the later military successes and exploits of Travancore under Marthanda Varma.
  • Eustachius Benedictus de Lannoy (ook geschreven als Lennoy) was een Frans-Vlaams scheepskapitein van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie. De VOC stuurde hem uit om een handelspost te vestigen in Colachel in de zuidelijke punt van India, nu Kolachal in de deelstaat Kerala. Maar hij werd in 1741 verslagen door het leger van het koninkrijk Travancore onder koning (maharaja) Marthanda Varma. Hij liep over en was dertig jaar lang een succesvol bevelhebber van datzelfde leger. Hij organiseerde het leger en bouwde forten naar Europees model.
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  • Eustachius Benedictus (Eustache Benoît) de Lannoy (also spelt "Lennoy" and sometimes called 'Captain De Lannoy') was a Flemish naval commander of the Dutch East India Company, who was sent by the company to help establish a trading post at Colachel, Southern India, but was defeated at the Battle of Colachel by the Travancore army under Maharaja Marthanda Varma in 1741, and subsequently became a valiant and successful commander of the same foreign army that had defeated him.
  • Eustachius Benedictus de Lannoy (ook geschreven als Lennoy) was een Frans-Vlaams scheepskapitein van de Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie. De VOC stuurde hem uit om een handelspost te vestigen in Colachel in de zuidelijke punt van India, nu Kolachal in de deelstaat Kerala. Maar hij werd in 1741 verslagen door het leger van het koninkrijk Travancore onder koning (maharaja) Marthanda Varma. Hij liep over en was dertig jaar lang een succesvol bevelhebber van datzelfde leger.
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  • Eustachius De Lannoy
  • Eustachius de Lannoy
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