Family
Robles was the son of Dona Maria de Leyte, probably the wet nurse for Philip II of Spain, and João Lopes of Robles. In 1558 he married Jeanne de Saint-Quentin, baroness of Billy, and became owner of the castle and lands in Billy in the County of Artois south of Lille.
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Half-a-dozen, maybe,
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Of whatever degree,
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