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Jean le Fèvre de Saint-Remy or Jean Lefebvre de Saint-Remy (c. 1394 – 16 June 1468) born in Abbeville,[1] was a Burgundianchronicler during the Hundred Years' War and lord (seigneur) of Saint Remy, la Vacquerie, Avesnes and Morienne.[1] He is also known by the formal title of authority Toison d'or (Golden Fleece) because he served as the King of Arms to the Order of the Golden Fleece.[1][2]
Of noble birth, he adopted the profession of arms and with other Burgundians fought in the English ranks at the Battle of Agincourt. Following the foundation of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1430 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, at the Order's chapter meeting in Lille (November 1431) Le Fèvre was appointed its king of arms and he soon became a very influential person at the Burgundian court.[3] As counsellor to the duke of Burgundy, he frequently assisted Philip III in conducting negotiations with foreign powers, and he was an arbiter in tournaments and authority on all questions of chivalry, where his wide expert knowledge of heraldry was highly respected.[4][3] Recognition of distinction for his services in the form adoubement and knighthood ensued late in Le Fèvre's life: the medieval chronicler Georges Chastellain describes a moving scene at the occasion of the Order's chapter meeting in Bruges in May 1468, where the King of Arms Le Fèvre retired from service on the grounds of old age.[3] Shortly after the Order's tribute in his honour, Le Fèvre died at Bruges of natural causes on 16 June 1468.[3]
ル・フェーヴルは、フランス王シャルル6世の年代記または歴史書も執筆した。この年代記の大部分はアングラン・ド・モンストレレの著作の続編であるが、ル・フェーヴルは1428年から1436年までの期間については独自の権威であり、特にブルゴーニュ宮廷の騎士道について、我々の知識に貴重な追加情報を提供している。彼はモンストレレよりも簡潔だが、ブルゴーニュ公爵たちに同様に好意的である。この年代記は、フランス歴史協会（パリ、1876年）のためにF・モランによって編集され、『ジャン・ル・フェーヴル・セニョール・ド・サン・レミの年代記』として出版された。ル・フェーヴルは通常、ブルゴーニュの騎士ジャック・ド・ラランの出来事に関する年代記伝記である『ジャック・ラランの出来事の書』の著者とみなされている。[ 4 ]