Jean de Rubempré

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Jean de Rubempré in the Order's book of statutes (The Hague, KG, 76 E 10, fol.76r)
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Jean de Rubempré (* before 1430; † January 5, 1477 near Nancy ) was lord of Bever (Belgium) as well as counselor and chamberlain to the Burgundian dukes Philip the Good and Charles the Bold and knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Life

Jean de Rubempré was the youngest son of Antoine de Rubempré († 1430), Seigneur de Rubempré and chamberlain to Duke Johann Ohnefurcht , and Jacqueline de Croy, mistress of Bever, daughter of Jean I. de Croÿ († 1415), counselor and chamberlain by Philipp the Bold and Johann Fearless. Through his mother, Jean de Rubempré belonged to the Croÿ clan , he was the nephew of Antoine I. de Croÿ and Jean II. De Croÿ , which essentially determined his position at the Burgundian court.

He is mentioned as castellan and governor of Leuze in 1448 and 1459, but not in 1470, when this office was already exercised by Perceval de Dreux. On July 1, 1452, during the Ghent uprising from 1449 to 1453, he left the place Moerbeke-Waas plunder, is in this context as "knights" means (presumably he was on 26 April 1452 after the conquest of Oudenaarde knighted been). In the same year he and Antoine de Rubempré, his older brother, were sent to Luxembourg by Philip the Good to bring the duchy and city under control and to suppress the uprising in Thionville . In 1454 he was made advisor and chamberlain of Philip the Good.

From January 1, 1464 to December 22, 1467 he was governor, captain general and Grand Bailli of Hainaut and Valenciennes . He replaced Antoine de Croÿ as Vogt of Beaumont in Hainaut, but had to give up this office in March 1465 due to the disputes between the Duke and the Croÿ, where he was on the side of the Duke - unlike his brother Antoine, who was French King Louis XI. and was even suspected of having prepared an attack on the Duke. On October 20, 1465 he took part in the victory of Montenaken over Liège , 1467-1468 in the campaigns against the city.

On March 29, 1471 he was appointed castellan of Hesdin , which he held until his death. On May 9, 1473, Jean de Rubempré was elected to the Order of the Golden Fleece . On August 4, 1473 he was commissioned to deliver the chain and insignia of the order to the young King Ferdinand II of Sicily (Ferdinand the Catholic), who was also elected to the order - a journey that he began at the end of September and that took him across England, the Bretagne, Portugal and Castile to his goal, where on May 25, 1474 the king accepted the election.

In 1475 he was temporarily first chamberlain to the duke. He took part in Charles' campaigns in Lorraine as well as in the siege of Neuss . In 1476 he was appointed governor of Lorraine. As the latter he led the defense of Nancy against Duke René's army in the autumn , but finally had to surrender the city on October 7th against safe conduct. He advised Charles the Bold against another siege of the city, now by the Burgundians, but followed his Duke into battle: Jean the Rubempré was killed - like Charles the Bold - in the battles for Nancy on January 5, 1477; both were buried on January 12th in the court church of Saint-Georges in Nancy.

family

Jean de Rubempré married Colle de Bousins ​​(alias de Vertaing), Dame d'Aubigny (baptized 1436, † May 24, 1459 in childbed, buried in the church of Aubigny), who was the mother of Antoine, Charles and Jacqueline de Rubempré was. In his second marriage he married Catherine de Bernieulles, daughter of Jean de Bernieulles and Ida d'Abbeville; the daughter from this marriage, Jacqueline de Rubempré, married Jean VI. de Créquy, the eldest son of Jean V. de Créquy .

literature

  • 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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