Jacques de Brimeu

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Jacques de Brimeu (* before 1384 ; † March 18, 1447 ), Lord of Grigny , was a founding member (No. 19) of the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Life

Jacques de Brimeu in the "Grand armorial équestre de la Toison d'or" (manuscript Bibliothèque nationale de France , Arsenal 4790)

Jacques de Brimeu from the Brimeu family was the fourth son of Guillaume II. De Brimeu, called Florimond, Seigneur de Maizicourt († after May 13, 1384), his mother was a daughter of Hugues de Créquy-Raimboval. It first appeared in a document in 1405. He was castellan of Hesdin and Burgundian councilor and chamberlain.

Florimond de Brimeu in the "Statuts, Ordonnances et Armorial de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or"

During the conflict between the French king and the Duke of Burgundy ( civil war between the Armagnacs and Bourguignons 1410–1419), David and his brothers held court offices on both sides, first with the king and later with the duke:

  • Guillaume III. (called Florimond II, X 1408) was a French chamberlain
  • Jean (called Athis, † 1420) was a French chamberlain and Burgundian councilor and chamberlain
  • David († 1448) was French councilor and chamberlain, captain of the Louvre, Bailli von Hesdin, and Burgundian governor of Arras as well as maître d'hôtel of the duke and member of the Grand Conseil
  • Jacques († 1447) was a Burgundian councilor and chamberlain

On January 10, 1430, David, his younger brother Jacques and his nephew Colart (who called himself Florimond III) - Guillaume, Colart's father, and Jean had already died - were accepted as founding members of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Jacques de Brimeu was with Marie du Bois, Dame de Grigny; The couple's children are not known.

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables Volume VII (1979) Plate 65.
  • Werner Paravicini : Guy de Brimeu. The Burgundian state and its aristocratic ruling class under Charles the Bold (Paris Historical Studies XII), 1975.
  • Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) 2nd, improved edition, Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jacques de Brimeu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burgundian military
DATE OF BIRTH before 1384
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1447