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Daniel Montbars (1645–1707?), better known as Montbars the Exterminator,Latham, Edward. A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things. London: George Routledge & Sons, 1904. (pg. 99) was a 17th-century French buccaneer. For several years, he was known as one of the most violent buccaneers active against the Spanish during the mid-17th century. His reputation as a fierce enemy of the Spanish Empire was matched only by François l'Olonnais and Roche Braziliano.
He accompanied his uncle to the West Indies, where their ship was sunk and the uncle killed near Santo Domingo in a battle with two Spanish warships. His uncle's death served to further his hatred of the Spaniards. Making his way to the pirate haven of Tortuga, he became a buccaneer captain soon afterwards. Montbars distinguished himself during an attack against a Spanish galleon, described by one account:
He attacked the Spanish settlements on the coast of Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico. He also raided settlements in the Antilles and in Honduras, capturing Vera Cruz and Cartagena. Defending his act of vengeance against the Spaniards, he became known throughout the Spanish Main as "Montbars the Exterminator" for exacting his own cruelties against the Spanish. He looted and set fire to Porto Caballo, San Pedro, Venezuelan Gibraltar and Maricaibo, among other Spanish strongholds, and captured or destroyed numerous other forts and settlements. Although he did not murder in cold blood, as did some of his contemporaries, he gave no quarter to his enemies and was known to torture surviving Spanish soldiers. One of his more infamous methods was to cut open the abdomen of one of his prisoners, extract one end of the large intestine and nail it to a post, then force the man to "dance to his death by beating his backside with a burning log".Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates. New York: Random House, 1996. (pg. 132) Farman, John. The Short and Bloody History of Pirates. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2003. (pg. 49)
Known for having a romantic relationship with Christine Biccah Montauban, daughter of Count Montauban, responsible for the Trade Commission of the Bahamas, and the peacekeeper between the France Government and Buccaneers Brotherhood. In 1690, Christine gave Daniel Montbars a son named Claude Jacques Biccah Montauban Montbars. Christine Biccah Montauban and her son were rescued by Roche Braziliano, a friend and fellow member of Buccaneers Brotherhood, after an attempt of executing Daniel Montbars by the Spanish Fleet. Braziliano placed them harmless in South America.
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