Albret (noble family)

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Albret was the family of the Lords of Albret in southwest France from the 11th century.

history

With Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret († 1401), the main line appeared on the national stage for the first time in the second half of the 14th century. In 1382 he was enfeoffed with the County of Dreux for his military services . His son Charles I. d'Albret (X 1415) was the nominal commander of the French troops at the Battle of Azincourt as Constable of France .

In the course of the 15th century, the counties of Gavre , Périgord , Castres and the vice-counties of Limoges and Tartas came into the possession of the family. The height of its power reached the Albret with Jean d'Albret († 1516), who, through his marriage to Catherine of Navarre With king of Navarre was (however, only the title of king from 1512 referring to the part of Navarre, north of the Pyrenees was ). Their son was King Henry II of Navarre (Henri d'Albret), who inherited from his mother the counties Foix and Bigorre as well as the vice county of Béarn .

However, the most famous member of the family is Heinrich's daughter, Queen Johanna III. von Navarra (Jeanne d'Albret, † 1572), the mother of the future French king Henry IV , through whom the entire property of the family from Foix to Navarre came into the possession of the French crown. With her, the main line of the family died out.

The Albret also owned the County of Rethel from 1491–1549 and died out completely with a branch line in 1678 as Counts of Marennes.

Family coat of arms Albret
Coat of arms from the 14th century
Multi-panel coat of arms as kings of Navarre
Simplified coat of arms as the kings of Navarre

coat of arms

The Albret family coat of arms showed a completely red shield ( single , i.e. without a shield image, which makes it a heraldic exception).

From the 14th century the shield was quartered shown; in fields 1 and 4 the coat of arms of France : in blue three golden lilies , fields 2 and 3 red without picture.

As kings of Navarre members led of sex in the red shield of an existing golden chain links achtstrahliges network whose rays all moving along in a the shield edge inboard led (the so-called Navarrakette ).

Master list (extract)

By the end of the 12th century

  1. NN, probably Amanieu I., Sire d'Albret around 1050
    1. Bernard Aiz I., Sire d'Albret around 1079 / around 1097
      1. Amanieu II., Sire d'Albret around 1120 / around 1140
      2. Bernard Aiz II., Sire d'Albret around 1120 / around 1140
        1. Amanieu III., Sire d'Albret around 1120/1140
          1. (?) Bernard Aiz III., Sire d'Albret around 1130/1140, † before 1164; ⚭ NN de Béarn, daughter of Gaston IV , vice count of Béarn
            1. Amanieu IV., Sire d'Albret 1150/75; ⚭ Adelmodis d'Angoulême, daughter of William IV., Count of Angoulême ( House Taillefer ) - for descendants see below
          2. (?) Esteven, 1124/26 Bishop of Razes , then archdeacon there
    2. Guillen Amanieu I, Vice Count of Bezaune , Count of Bénauges around 1079 / around 1097; ⚭ Amalvina, Vice Countess von Bezaune and Bénauges around 1097
      1. Guillen Amanieu II., Vice Count of Bezaune, Count of Bénauges 1097/99, † before 1103
        1. Bernardo, Vice Count of Bezaune and Bénauges 1103
          1. Daughter; ⚭ Bernard de Gabarret, known as de Boville, Vice Count of Bezaune

The 13th and 14th centuries

  1. Amanieu IV., Sire d'Albret 1150/75; ⚭ Adelmodis d'Angoulême, daughter of William IV, Count of Angoulême ( House Taillefer ) - ancestors see above
    1. Amanieu V., † before 1240, Sire d'Albret 1210/32; ⚭ I Ansaride de Tartas, daughter of Arnaldo Ramón, vice count of Tartas ; ⚭ II Isabel de Bergerac, sister of Elie Rudel, Sire de Bergerac et Gensac
      1. (I) Amanieu VI., Attested in 1240/70, Sire d'Albret, 1263 vice-count of Maremme ; ⚭ I Viane de Gontaud ( Gontaut-Biron ); ⚭ II Mathe de Bordeaux, daughter of Pierre de Bordeaux, Captal de Buch
        1. (II) Bernard Aiz IV., † 1280, Sire d'Albret; ⚭ Jeanne de Lusignan, † after 1294, daughter of Hugues XII., Sire de Lusignan
          1. Isabelle, † 1294, Dame d'Albret; ⚭ Bernard VI., Count of Armagnac , † 1319 ( House of Lomagne )
        2. (II) Amanieu VII., † 1326, 1270 Seigneur de Maremme, 1294 Sire d'Albret, de Tartas et de Dax , 1315 Seigneur de Mixe et d ' Ostabarret
          1. Bernard Aiz V., † 1357/59, Sire d'Albret et de Nérac ; ⚭ I Isabelle de Gironde, † 1318, daughter of Arnaud, Seigneur de Gironde; ⚭ II Mathe d'Armagnac, daughter of Bernard VI. Count of Armagnac ( House of Lomagne )
            1. (II) Guitard, † before 1361, Vicomte de Tartas
            2. (II) Arnaud Amanieu , † 1401, Sire d'Albret et de Nérac, Vicomte de Tartas; ⚭ Marguerite de Bourbon, † after 1416, daughter of Peter I , Duke of Bourbon ( list of the Bourbon tribe ) - for descendants see below
            3. (II) Rose, ⚭ Jean III. de Grailly , Captal de Buch , † 1376 ( Grailly House )
            4. (II) Bernard, Seigneur de Sainte-Bazeille , † after 1392
              1. François, Seigneur de Sainte-Bazeille, † 1445/45; ⚭ Jeanne de Roucy, † after 1445, daughter of Hugues, Count of Roucy and Braine ( House of Pierrepont )
            5. (II) Bernard, 1362 Bishop of Dax
          2. Math, Vice Countess of Tartas, Dame de Bergerac; ⚭ I Arnaud Raimond de Tartas, Vicomte de Tartas et de Dax, † 1312; ⚭ II Elie Rudel de Pons , Sire de Bergerac et de Montignac
          3. Ansaride; ⚭ Raimond, Viscount de Fronsac
          4. Guitard, † 1338, Vicomte de Tartas; ⚭ Mascaronne d'Armagnac, daughter of Gaston, Vicomte de Fézensaguet ( House of Lomagne )
          5. Bérard I., † 1346, Seigneur de Vertheuil , de Vayres, de Rions , de Puynormand etc.
            1. Bérard II, attested in 1374, Seigneur de Rions, de Vayres, de Puynormand etc .; ⚭ Brunissende de Grailly, daughter of Pierre II. De Grailly, Vicomte de Bénauges et de Castillon ( House of Grailly )
            2. Amanieu, attested in 1364, Seigneur de Vertheuil, de Langoiran , de Vayres etc.
              1. Bérard III, attested in 1379, Seigneur de Vayres, de Vertheuil et de Langoiran
              2. Mabile, Dame de Langoiran and de Podensac ; ⚭ Arnaud Guillaume, Count of Pardiac
        3. (II) Ansaride; ⚭ Centulle, Count of Astarac , attested in 1280
    2. Pinilla; ⚭ Roger d'Armagnac, Vice Count of Fézensaguet , attested in 1217/43 ( House of Lomagne )

The Counts of Dreux and Rethel

  1. Arnaud Amanieu , † 1401, Sire d'Albret et de Nérac, Vicomte de Tartas; ⚭ Marguerite de Bourbon, † after 1416, daughter of Peter I , Duke of Bourbon ( list of the Bourbon tribe ) - ancestors see above
    1. Charles I , X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt , Sire d'Albret, Count of Dreux , Viscount de Tartas, Connétable of France
      1. Catherine, ⚭ Charles de Montaigu, X 1415 at the Battle of Azincourt , Vidame de Laon , son of Jean de Montaigu ( list of tribe of the Valois )
      2. Jeanne, † 1435; ⚭ Johann I. Count of Foix and Bigorre , † 1436 ( Grailly House )
      3. Charles II. , † 1471, Sire d'Albret, Comte de Dreux, Vicomte de Tartas, Seigneur d' Orval ; ⚭ Anne d'Armagnac, daughter of Bernard VII , Count of Armagnac
        1. Jean, † 1468, Viscount de Tartas; ⚭ Catherine de Rohan, † after 1471, daughter of Alain IX. de Rohan ( Rohan tribe list )
          1. Alain , attested in 1522, Sire d'Albret, Comte de Gavre , Périgord et de Castres , Vice-Count of Limoges and Tartas; ⚭ Françoise de Blois, known as de Bretagne, Countess of Périgord, Vice Countess of Limoges, heir to Guillaume, Vicomte de Limoges ( House of Châtillon ) - for descendants see below
          2. Louis, cardinal in 1473
          3. Marie; ⚭ Boffille de Juge, Count of Castres , † before 1514
          4. Jeanne Louise, † 1494; ⚭ 1480 Jacques Sire d'Estouteville et de Vallemont, † 1489; Before their marriage she was the lover of Jean II. de Bourbon , Duke of Bourbon, † 1488
        2. Louis, † 1465, Bishop of Cahors , Bishop of Aire , cardinal in 1461
        3. Arnaud-Amanieu, † 1463, Baron de Lesparre etc .; ⚭ Isabelle de la Tour, † 1488, daughter of Bertrand V. de la Tour, Count of Auvergne and Boulogne ( House of La Tour d'Auvergne )
          1. Jean, † 1524, Sire d'Orval, Baron de Lesparre, 1491 Count von Rethel , 1488 Count von Dreux ; ⚭ Charlotte de Bourgogne, 1491 Comtesse de Rethel, † 1500, daughter of Jean , Count of Nevers and Rethel ( House of Burgundy )
            1. Marie , † 1549, 1500 Comtesse de Rethel; ⚭ Charles de Clèves (Karl von Kleve), 1506 Count of Nevers and Auxerre , † 1521 ( House of Mark )
            2. Charlotte; ⚭ Odet de Foix , Count of Comminges , Vice Count of Lautrec , Marshal of France , † 1528 ( House of Grailly )
            3. Jacques Bâtard d'Albret, † 1540, 1518 Bishop of Nevers
          2. Françoise, † 1521; ⚭ Jean , Count of Nevers and Rethel , † 1491 ( House of Burgundy )
        4. Charles, † 1473; ⚭ Marie d'Astarac, daughter of Jean II, Count of Astarac
        5. Gilles, attested in 1479, Seigneur de Castelmoron - descendants see below
        6. Marie, † after 1485; ⚭ Charles de Bourgogne , 1415 Count of Nevers and Rethel , † 1464 ( House of Burgundy )
        7. Jeanne, † 1444, 1422 Comtesse de Dreux; ⚭ Arthur de Richemont , 1457 Duke of Brittany , † 1458 ( House of France-Dreux )
    2. Marguerite; ⚭ Gaston I de Foix (de Grailly) , Captal de Buch , Comte de Bénauges etc., † after 1455 ( Grailly House )

The kings of Navarre

  1. Alain , attested in 1522, Sire d'Albret, Comte de Gavre , Périgord et de Castres , Vice-Count of Limoges and Tartas; ⚭ Françoise de Blois, known as de Bretagne, Countess of Périgord, Vice Countess of Limoges, heir to Guillaume, Vicomte de Limoges ( House of Châtillon ) - ancestors see above
    1. Amanieu , † 1520, Cardinal 1500 , Bishop of Pamiers
    2. Pierre, Comte de Périgord
    3. Gabriel, viceroy of Naples , 1503 attested
    4. Louise, † 1531, Vice Countess of Limoges; ⚭ Charles de Croy, Count of Chimay , Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece , † 1527
    5. Jean , † 1516, 1484 with king of Navarre ; ⚭ 1484 Catherine Foix , † 1517, Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix and Bigorre , Vice Countess of Béarn , daughter of Gaston de Foix , Prince of Viana ( House of Grailly )
      1. Henri II , † 1555, 1517 titular king of Navarre, count of Foix and Bigorre, Vitegraf of Béarn and Marsan; ⚭ Margaret of Navarra , † 1549, daughter of Charles d'Orléans , Count of Angoulême ( House of Valois-Angoulême )
        1. Jeanne (III.) D'Albret , † 1572, 1555 titular queen of Navarre, Princesse de Béarn, Comtesse de Foix etc .; ⚭ I 1541 Wilhelm the Rich , 1539 Duke of Kleve , Jülich and Berg , divorced 1546; ⚭ II 1548 Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme , X 1562 ( list of the Bourbons )
      2. Isabelle; ⚭ René, Vicomte de Rohan, Count of Porhoet , X 1552 ( list of Rohan tribes )
    6. Isabel; ⚭ Gaston II. De Foix , Comte de Candale et de Bénauges , † 1530 ( Grailly House )
    7. Charlotte, † 1514, Dame de Châlus ; ⚭ Cesare Borgia , Duke of Valentinois , Duke of Urbino , Prince of Piombino , X 1507

The Counts of Marennes

  1. Gilles, attested in 1479, Seigneur de Castelmoron - ancestors see above
    1. Etienne Arnaud, Baron de Miossans
      1. Jean, Baron de Miossans et de Coarèze
        1. Henri I, Baron de Miossans, de Coarèze, de Gerderest et de l ' Île d'Oléron ; ⚭ Antoinette Dame de Pons et de Marennes , heir to Antoine, Sire de Pons, Comte de Marennes
          1. Henri II, Baron de Pons et de Miossans, Comte de Marennes
            1. François Alexandre, † 1648, Sire de Pons, Comte de Marennes
              1. Charles Amanieu, † 1678, Sire de Pons, Comte de Marennes, called "le Marquis d'Albret"; ⚭ Marie d'Albret, † 1692, his cousin
            2. César-Phoebus d'Albret , † 1676, Comte de Marennes, Marshal of France
              1. Marie, † 1692; ⚭ I Charles Amanieu d'Albret, † 1678, her cousin; ⚭ II Charles de Lorraine, Comte de Marsan, Sire de Pons, Prince de Mortagne, † 1708 ( House of Guise )
          2. Apollon, apostolic protonotary around 1615

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Volume III.1 (1984) plates 151-153 and Volume II (1984) plate 14B