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Robert de Bracquemont
Robert de Bracquemont, Admiral of France and Castille
Governor of Honfleur
In office
1415–1417
Monarch Charles VI of France
Preceded by ?
Succeeded by ?
Personal details
Born c.1340
Normandy, France
Died April 4, 1419
Mocejón, Toledo, Spain
Occupation politician
Profession Army's officer
Military service
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.

Biography

Robert was the fourth son of Renaud II de Bracquemont, and grandson of Regnault I de Bracquemont and Isabel de Bethencourt. 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.

He arrived in Castile in 1386, as French ambassador to the Castilian court of Henry III. 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.

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