Gadifer of the Room
Gadifer of the Room , born in 1340 and died in 1415, is a Militaire and Explorateur French. Gadifer of the Room has, with Jean de Béthencourt, led the first forwarding of conquest of the islands the Canaries in 1402. Misunderstandings with Jean de Béthencourt on the seniority of the conquest led it to direct a series of riots which contributed to the failure relative of forwarding to the Canaries.
Biography
Having obtained a fame of great bravery in the War One hundred Year old where it was illustrated in combat in Normandy and Flandres, Gadifer of the Room was rider of the duke Jean Ier de Berry, lord of Ligron and governor of Bigorre. It became acquainted with Béthencourt in forwarding Norman of 1390 against Tunis. The purpose of the forwarding of 1402 was the conquest and the evangelization and the settlement, with Norman colonists, islands the Canaries. The Norman ones were received by the natives of Lanzarote to which they promised to avoid the trade of slaves. The dissensions between them started immediately. Béthencourt turns over in Spain and Berthin de Beneval, in charge of forwarding, betrays Gadifer, which it gives up with its fate after having tackled the establishments of the coast of Rubicon. Meanwhile, Béthencourt recognizes the king Henri III of Castille as suzerain who read confers the title of king of the conquered islands. With an small group of men, Gadifer subjects the island and captures the indigenous king Guardafia. After the return of Béthencourt, the conquest continues with Fuerteventura and El Hierro, failing in the remainder of the islands. Gadifer turns over in Castille to claim the direction of the conquest in front of Henri III, which it will never obtain. The chronicle of its forwarding with Jean de Béthencourt in the Canaries is contained in the Canarian .
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