Catherine de Montsalvy

Villandrado, Rodrigo de (born ?) died ca.1457 read more on Who is Who...
Enemy of Catherine and Arnaud de Montsalvy. He had the audacity to ask Catherine to marry him. Saying it was an order by Charles VII, at the intercession of the Lord Champerlain, namely, La Trémoille... saying if she refused, he would lay siege to Carlat until she begged him for mercy! Catherine was able to escape from this trap - with the help of the brave Scottish nobleman Sir Alan Hugh Kennedy

Bernard Ortega played Rodrigo de Villandrado, Count of Ribaldo

non fictive character
was a Castilian routier and mercenary military leader in Gascony during the final phase of the Hundred Years' War. He was famous for his pillaging and was consequently known as the Emperor of Pillagers (empereur des brigands) or L'Écorcheur (the slaughterer).

Van Eyck, Jan (Jean) born ca. 1395 read more on Who is Who
Court painter, ambassador to Duke Philippe of Burgundy. He had painted Catherine many a time while she lived as "Queen of Bruges" at the site of Duke Philippe. Sent her one Christmas, a Annunciation in the likeness of her, to Montsalvy.

Jean-Luc Buquet played Jean Van Eyck in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

non fivtive character
was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century.

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