Name

Bertrandon de la Broquière

Original name

Bertrandon de la Broquière

Main activity

Esquire

Secondary activity

Spy

Title

Écuyer Tranchant, Premier Écuyer Tranchant

Name variations

Bertrandon de la Brocquiere"

Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Court of the Dukes of Burgundy

Activity start date

1421

Activity end date

1455

Place of birth

Date of birth

1400

Place of death

Lille

Date of death

1459

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/2V23VVKM

Descriptive card

Bertrandon de la Broquière (1400?-1459) was a member of the Burgundian courtly pomp (as "premier écuyer tranchant") as well as a spy and pilgrim travelling to the Middle East (1432–33) on behalf of the Duke Philip III the Good for the purpose of facilitating a new crusade. He is mainly known for his "Voyage d'Outre-Mer", copied by Jean Miélot in the superbly enluminated codex Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 9087.

Entry author

Irene Reginato