Emmanuel Broutin [SEP] date of death
Emmanuel Broutin
Emmanuel Broutin (1826–1883) was a French fencing master, sergeant of the imperial army, emigrated to Spain where he proceeded his career for the queen Isabella II of Spain before managing his fencing hall in Madrid.
Biography.
Born in Somain, Nord in 1826, Emmanuel Broutin (named Manuel Jose in Spain)was son of a rope-maker. He joined the army in 1847. He met in Montpellier the famous Jean-Louis Michel, great exponent of the art of fencing in the nineteenth century.
Achille Broutin
Achille Broutin (1860–1918) was a French fencing master and a collector of weapons, emigrated to Spain.
Biography.
Achille Broutin (named Aquilès in Spain) is born in Metz in 1860. He is son of Emmanuel Broutin, fencing master and Marie-Louise Pasquier, dressmaker. C. Leon Broutin, fencing master too is one of his brothers.
He left France in 1863 because of a duel between his father Emmanuel and a person close to the Emperor Napoleon III's court.
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