Albret
Albret is the name of a landscape in south-west France that extends today on the left bank of the Garonne in the south-west of the Lot-et-Garonne department . The Albret family takes its name from this landscape, the most famous representatives of which are Charles I. d'Albret, the Connétable of France at the Battle of Azincourt in 1415, and Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572), mother of the French King Henry IV .
etymology
The landscape of Albret and its capital Labrit have the same etymological roots, the Latin leporetum , which in turn probably comes from the Aquitaine word Laphurretum (see also: Labourd ).
The Albret reign
The lords of Labrit / Albret came to wealth as escort for the traders who crossed the country. They used the means to conquer the land of their neighbors, reaching the Atlantic Ocean in the 13th century . If they were devoted vassals of the English for a long time , they eventually joined the French King Charles V († 1380). After 1382 Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret († 1401) became Count of Dreux , and in 1402 his son Charles I. d'Albret was appointed Connétable.
Jean d'Albret (1484–1516) became King of Navarre etc through his marriage; followed by his son Henri d'Albret (1503–1555), for whom Albret was made a duchy with the capital Nérac in 1550 . His daughter and successor was Jeanne d'Albret.
The Duchy of Albret included the barony of Nérac, the vice-counties of Castelmoron-d'Albret , Tartas and Marsan (the area around Mont-de-Marsan ). It was combined with the accession of Henry IV. With the crown in 1651 but then in exchange for Sedan and Raucourt of d'Auvergne La Tour family given.
The Lords of Albret
- Amanieu I, Sire d'Albret, around 1050
- Bernard Aiz I, Sire d'Albret, around 1079 / around 1097, his son
- Amanieu II, Sire d'Albret, around 1120 / around 1140, his son
- Bernard Aiz II, Sire d'Albret, around 1120 / around 1140, his brother
- Amanieu III, Sire d'Albret, around 1120 / around 1140, his son
- Bernard Aiz III., Sire d'Albret, around 1130 / around 1140, † before 1164, probably his son
- Amanieu IV, Sire d'Albret, 1150/1175, his son
- Amanieu V., Sire d'Albret, 1210/1232, † before 1240, his son
- Bernard Aiz IV., Sire d'Albret, † 1280, his son
- Math, † before 1283, Dame d'Albret, his daughter
- Isabelle, 1283 Dame d'Albret, † 1294, her sister; ∞ Bernard VI. , Count of Armagnac , † 1319 ( House of Lomagne )
- Amanieu VII., 1294 Sire d'Albret, † 1326; Brother of Bernard Aiz IV.
- Bernard Aiz V., Sire d'Albret, 1295–1357 / 59, his son
- Arnaud-Amanieu , Sire d'Albret, 1338–1401, his son; ∞ Marguerite de Bourbon, daughter of Peter I , Duke of Bourbon
- Charles I , Sire d'Albret, Count von Dreux , Connétable of France , † 1415, his son; ∞ Marie de Craon , widow of Guy VI. de La Trémoille, Count of Guînes , daughter of Louis, Sire de Sully , mother of Georges de La Trémoille
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Charles II , Sire d'Albret, Count von Dreux, 1407–1471, his son; ∞ Anne of Armagnac , daughter of Count Bernard VII , Connétable of France
- Jean, Vice Count of Tartas , † 1468, his son
- Alain , Sire d'Albret, Count of Gavre , Périgord and Castres , Vice Count of Limoges and Tartas , † 1522, his son; ∞ Françoise de Blois, Countess of Périgord, Vice Countess of Limoges, heir to Guillaume de Blois, Vice Count of Limoges
- Jean , Sire d'Albret, with king of Navarre , 1469–1516, his son; ∞ Catherine I , Countess of Foix and Bigorre , Vice Countess of Béarn , Queen of Navarre, † 1517
- Henri , Count of Foix and Bigorre, Vice-Count of Béarn, King Henry II of Navarre, 1516–1555, their son; ∞ Margaret of Navarre , 1492–1549, sister of the French king Franz I.
- Jeanne III. , Dame d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix and Bigorre, Princess of Béarn, his daughter; ∞ I Wilhelm the Rich , Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg , † 1592; ∞ II Antoine de Bourbon , 1518–1562, Duke of Vendôme
- Henri , Sire d'Albret, Count of Foix and Bigorre, Vice-Count of Béarn, King Henry III. of Navarre, King Henry IV of France, 1553–1610, their son
The Dukes of Albret and Château-Thierry
As compensation for the occupied Duchy of Bouillon and Principality of Sedan, the La Tour d'Auvergne received 1651 a. a. the newly formed Duchy of Albret
- 1651–1652: Frédéric de La Tour d'Auvergne (1605–1652), 1651 Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne , d' Evreux et de Beaumont-le-Roger
- 1652–1721: Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (1636–1721), 1652 2nd Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne, d'Évreux et de Beaumont-le-Roger, 1665 Pair de France, 1678 7th Duc de Bouillon
- 1721–1730: Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730) 1696 8th Duke of Bouillon, 1721 3rd Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Comte d'Auvergne, d'Évreux et de Beaumont-le -Roger, Pair de France
- 1730–1771: Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1706–1771), 9th Duke of Bouillon, 4th Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Pair de France etc.
- 1771–1792: Godefroi Charles Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728–1792), 10th Duke of Bouillon (until 1791), 5th Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry, Pair de France
- 1792–1802: Jacques Léopold de La Tour d'Auvergne (1746–1802), titular Duke of Bouillon, 6th Duc d'Albret et de Château-Thierry