Jean Armand de Maillé, 2nd Marquis of Brézé, Duke of Fronsac (18 October 1619 – 16 June 1646) was a French admiral.

Jean was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé, Marquis of Brézé, Marshal of France, and Nicole du Plessis.

[1] His uncle was Cardinal Richelieu, King Louis XIII's renowned minister, and his brother-in-law, Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, (better known as the le Grand Condé), was the First Prince of the Blood.

Thanks to his uncle, at the age of seventeen, Jean received the title of grand-maître de la navigation (Grand-master of Navigation),[2] a new title created by King Louis XIII for Cardinal Richelieu and equivalent to Grand Admiral of France.

[3] His remains were buried in the church of Milly le Meugon, abutted to the castle walls.