Robert de Bracquemont explained

Robert de Bracquemont
Order:Governor of
Office:Honfleur
Term Start:1415
Term End:1417
Birth Date:c.1340
Birth Place:Normandy, France
Death Date:April 4, 1419
Death Place:Mocejón, Toledo, Spain
Nationality:French
Occupation:politician
Profession:Army's officer
Allegiance:Kingdom of France
Crown of Castile
Rank:Admiral of France

Robert de Bracquemont or Mosén Rubí de Bracamonte, also known as Rubín and as Braquemont (1350s-1419), 1st Lord of Fuente el Sol and Rubí de Bracamonte, was a Norman nobleman, who served as Admiral of France and Castile.[1]

Biography

Robert was the fourth son of Renaud II de Bracquemont, and grandson of Regnault I de Bracquemont and Isabel de Bethencourt.[2] His first wife was Inés González de Mendoza, daughter of Pedro González de Mendoza and Aldonza Fernández de Ayala, belonging to the powerful House of 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.

He was given certain royal prerogatives at Mocejón in Toledo, where he died in 1419.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España. 22. Mosén Rubí de Bracamonte.. 1858. Francisco Piferrer.
  2. Book: Les conseillers du Parlement de Normandie: Sous Henri IV et sous Louis XIII (1594-1640), Volumes 2-3. 1964. Henri de Frondeville.
  3. Book: DISCURSOS HISTORICOS DE LA MUY NOBLE Y MUY LEAL CIUDAD DE MURCIA . Francisco Cascales . 9788497613460 . February 2007 .
  4. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.patrimoine-normand.com/index-fiche-44378.html&prev=search Bernage, Georges. "Jean de Bethencourt, King Canary", Heritage Normand, No. 31, February - March, 2000
  5. News: 21 October 2009 . Juan G. Atienza insinúa el origen masónico de la Capilla de Bracamonte en Ávila . es . La Información . 28 January 2022 . Robert de Braquemont, castellanizado como Rubín o Rubí de Bracamonte, sirvió en España a los reyes Juan I, Enrique III y Juan II, de quienes obtuvo mercedes, territorios y señoríos como los de Fuente el Sol (Valladolid), Peñaranda (Salamanca) y Mocejón (Toledo), donde finalmente falleció.