Robert de Bracquemont

Robert de Bracquemont
Born 1340s
Normandy, France
Died April 4, 1419
Mocejón, Toledo, Crown of Castile

Robert de Bracquemont or Mosén Rubí de Bracamonte (1340s-1419) was a Norman noblemen, Admiral of France and Castile.[1]

Biography

Robert was the fourth son of Renaud (Sire of Bracquemont), and grandson of Regnault I de Bracquemont and Isabel de Bethencourt.[2] His first wife was Inés González de Mendoza.[3]

He arrived in Castile in 1386, as French ambassador to the Castilian court of Henry III.[4] In 1415 Robert de Bracquemont became an Admiral of France. Between 1415 and 1417 he served as governor of Honfleur.

References

  1. ↑ Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España. Francisco Piferrer.
  2. ↑ Les conseillers du Parlement de Normandie: Sous Henri IV et sous Louis XIII (1594-1640), Volumes 2-3. Henri de Frondeville.
  3. ↑ DISCURSOS HISTORICOS DE LA MUY NOBLE Y MUY LEAL CIUDAD DE MURCIA. Francisco Cascales.
  4. ↑ Bernage, Georges. "Jean de Bethencourt, King Canary", Heritage Normand, No. 31, February - March, 2000
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