Charles I. d'Albret

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Charles I. d'Albret (* approx. 1369 ; † October 25, 1415 in the Battle of Azincourt ) was Lord of Albret , Count of Dreux , Vice-Count of Tartas and Connétable of France .

Life

He was the son of Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret and Marguerite de Bourbon, daughter of Pierre I, Duc de Bourbon (1311-1356) and Isabel de Valois (1313-1383). In his youth he fought under the command of Bertrand du Guesclin and took part in the campaigns against the English in the Guyenne . In 1402 Charles VI. made him Connétable, an office that he gave up again in 1411 - as a member of the Armagnacs party - in connection with the takeover of power by the Bourguignons . Two years later he was again Connétable after the Armagnacs were able to prevail against the Bourguignons (see also: Civil War of the Armagnacs and Bourguignons ). He was one of the godparents of the future King Charles VII.

Charles I. d'Albret as Connétable and Jean II. Le Maingre as Marshal of France (Marshal Boucicaut) were the nominal commanders of the French army in the battle of Azincourt , but could not prevail on that day against the assembled powerful nobles. Charles d'Albret fell in battle.

Marriage and offspring

On February 27, 1400 he married Marie de Sully , daughter of Louis' de Sully and widow of Guys VI. de la Trémoille, Count of Guînes and mother of Georges' de La Trémoille . Your children were:

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DeVries, Kelly et al. a .: Azincourt, 1415, in: Dies .: The great battles of the Middle Ages, Stuttgart 2007, p. 176.
  2. ↑ a b Family tree of Charlotte d'Albret. at gw1.geneanet.org.
personal data
SURNAME Albret, Charles I. d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Dreux; Vice Count of Tartas; Connétable of France
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1415
Place of death Azincourt , France