Charles II d'Albret
Charles II. D'Albret (* 1407, † 1471 ) from the House of Albret was Sire d ' Albret , Count of Dreux , Viscount de Tartas and Seigneur d' Orval . He was the son of Connétable Charles I. d'Albret and Marie de Sully, and through his marriage to Anne d'Armagnac the son-in-law of Bernard VII d'Armagnac , as well as Charles de Valois, duc d'Orléans .
Charles II. D'Albret became a member of the Conseil royal of King Charles VII , who made him his deputy in the Berry . He fought alongside Joan of Arc and helped the Connétable Arthur de Richemont (who in turn was his son-in-law) in the arrest of Pierre de Giacs , Queen Isabeau's lover .
From his marriage to Anne d'Armagnac on October 28, 1417, he had seven children:
- Jean, † 1468, Viscount de Tartas; ∞ Catherine de Rohan, † after 1471, daughter of Alain IX. de Rohan ( Rohan tribe list )
- Louis , † 1465, Bishop of Cahors , Bishop of Aire , cardinal in 1461
- 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 )
- Charles, † 1473; ∞ Marie d'Astarac, daughter of Jean II, Count of Astarac
- Gilles, attested in 1479, Seigneur de Castelmoron
- Marie, † after 1485; ∞ Charles de Bourgogne , 1415 Count of Nevers and Rethel , † 1464 ( House of Burgundy )
- Jeanne, † 1444, 1422 Comtesse de Dreux; ∞ Arthur de Richemont , 1457 Duke of Brittany , † 1458 ( House of France-Dreux )
literature
- Georges Bordonove : Charles VII. Le Victorieux. Pygmalion, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-85704-195-0 ( Les rois qui ont fait la France 3: Les Valois. 2).
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Albret, Charles II d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Dreux, Viscount de Tartas and Seigneur d'Orval |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1471 |