Eustachius De Lannoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Flemish naval commander
Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1715
Place of Birth: Arras, Hauts-de-France, France
Date of Death: 01-Jun-1777
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Eustachius De Lannoy
- Eustache Benoît (Eustachius Benedictus) de Lannoy (also spelled "Lennoy" and sometimes called 'Captain De Lannoy') (1715, Arras – 1 June 1777, Udayagiri Fort) was a French-born 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.
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