Person:Jean de Maillé-Brézé (1)
Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
b.18 Oct 1619
d.16 Jun 1646
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  1. Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé1619 - 1646
  2. Claire Clémence de Maillé Brézé1628 - 1694
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Name Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Oct 1619
Death[1] 16 Jun 1646 Combatant of Orbetello
Reference Number? Q2629600?


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Jean Armand de Maillé, Duke of Fronsac, Marquis of Brézé (18 October 1619 – 14 June 1646) was a French admiral.

He was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé, Marquis of Brézé, Marshal of France, his uncle Cardinal Richelieu, King Louis XIII's renowned minister, and his brother-in-law, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, (better known as the le Grand Condé), was the First Prince of the Blood.

Thanks to his uncle, at the age of seventeen, he received the title of grand-maître de la navigation (Grand-master of Navigation), a new title created by King Louis XIII for Cardinal Richelieu and equivalent to Grand Admiral of France.

One of the leading figures in the Eighty Years' War, he defeated the Spanish fleet near Cadiz (20 July 1640), and then seized Villafranca. In 1641, he arrived in Portugal to help in the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain. In 1642, he fought an indecisive action against the Spanish forces near Barcelona, and nearly completely destroyed their fleet near Cartagena on 3 July 1643. He was killed on 16 June 1646, during the Battle of Orbetello, where his fleet was defeated.

His remains were buried in the church of Milly le Meugon, abutted to the castle walls.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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