WILLIAM OF RUBRUK (Guglielmus de Rubruquis, Ruysbroeck, Risbroucke)
WILLIAM OF RUBRUK (Guglielmus de Rubruquis, Willem van Ruysbroeck, Risbroucke). 1215/20 — after 1255. Flemish Traveller, a Franciscan Monk. Probably born in Rubrouck in French Flanders. Head of the embassy sent by Louis IX of France to the Mongol Khan in order to win him into Christianity. Departing in April…