Robert de Bracquemont or Mosén Rubí de Bracamonte, also known as Rubín and as Braquemont (1350s-1419), 1st Lord of

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and Rubí de Bracamonte, was a Norman nobleman, who served as

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of France and Castile.

Biography

Robert was the fourth son of Renaud II de

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, 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

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. He arrived in Castile in 1386, as French ambassador to the Castilian court of Henry III.Bernage, Georges. "Jean de Bethencourt, King Canary", ''Heritage Normand'', No. 31, February - March, 2000
/ref> 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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