Robert d'Espinay (died August 1493) was a Breton cleric and bishop.
Life
He was the son of Richard, lord of Espinay and la Rivière, chamberlain to
Francis II of Brittany, and his wife Béatrix of Montauban. He had two sisters and seven brothers, three of whom were also bishops -
Jean,
Jean le jeune
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and Guillaume, bishops of Nantes, Mirepoix (and later Nantes) and Léon respectively. Another brother,
André, was a cardinal, whilst their sister François d'Espinay became abbess of Saint-Georges de Rennes in 1485.
He was
cantor of
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
when on 12 August 1482 he was made
bishop of Lescar. In 1488 he was translated to the
diocese of Nantes[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdespnyr.html] - this was pushed through by
Pope Innocent VIII
Pope Innocent VIII ( la, Innocentius VIII; it, Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death in July 1492. Son of th ...
pressuring
Louis XI, despite opposition from its canonical chapter and duchess
Anne of Brittany
Anne of Brittany (; 25/26 January 1477 – 9 January 1514) was reigning Duchess of Brittany from 1488 until her death, and Queen of France from 1491 to 1498 and from 1499 to her death. She is the only woman to have been queen consort of France ...
. He was succeeded as bishop of Nantes by his brother Jean the Elder.
See also
*
Catholic Church in France
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References
15th-century Breton people
Bishops of Lescar
Bishops of Nantes
1493 deaths
People from Ille-et-Vilaine
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