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Robert Le Maçon

chancellor of France
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Le Maçon also spelled:
Le Masson
Born:
1365?, Anjou, Fr.
Died:
Jan. 28, 1443, Anjou
Also Known As:
Robert Le Masson

Robert Le Maçon (born 1365?, Anjou, Fr.—died Jan. 28, 1443, Anjou) was the chancellor of France, a leading adviser of Charles VII of France, and a supporter of Joan of Arc.

After being ennobled in 1401, Le Maçon was a counselor to Louis II, duke of Anjou and titular king of Naples, from 1407. Appointed chancellor (1414) to Queen Isabella, wife of Charles VI of France, he later became chancellor to the Duke of Touraine, the future Charles VII, whom he helped to escape from Paris when the Burgundians attacked in May 1418. He gave up his position as chancellor in 1422 but remained a member of the French council until 1436.

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