Gobert de Helleville was a French nobleman from

Helleville Helleville () is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 Communes of France, communes of the Manche Departments of France, department of France ...

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, who was sent to the

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by the king Philip the Fair in 1288. Gobert accompanied the Mongol ambassador

Rabban Bar Sauma Rabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: , ; 1220January 1294), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban ÇaumaMantran, p. 298 (), was a Turkic Chinese ( Uyghur or possibly Ongud) monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China. ...

on his return trip. Gobert is indirectly mentioned in the Syrian accounts describing Rabban Bar Sauma's voyage to Christians lands: Gobert de Helleville departed on 2 February 1288 with two clercs, Robert de Senlis and Guillaume de Bruyères, as well as arbaletier Audin de Bourges. They joined Bar Sauma in Rome, and accompanied him to Persia."Histoires des Croisades III", Rene Grousset

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*"Histoires des Croisades III", Rene Grousset {{DEFAULTSORT:Gobert de Helleville 13th-century French people Medieval French knights