Charles I d'Albret (December 1368 – 25 October 1415) was the Lord of Albret and the Constable of France from 1402 until 1411, and again from 1413 until 1415. He was also the co-commander of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt where he was killed by the English forces led by King Henry V.

Charles I d'Albret
Charles I d'Albret
Born(1368-12-00)December 1368
Died25 October 1415(1415-10-25) (aged 46)
Azincourt, France
BuriedVieil-Hesdin, France
Noble familyAlbret
Spouse(s)Marie de Sully
IssueJeanne d'Albret, Countess of Foix
Charles II, Lord of Albret
Guillaume, Lord of Orval
Jean d'Albret
Catherine d'Albret
FatherArnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret
MotherMargaret of Bourbon
Coat of arms of Charles I

Biography

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Charles was born into an old Gascon family, the son of Arnaud, Lord of Albret, and Margaret de Bourbon.[1][2] He served under Bertrand du Guesclin as a young man and fought at the battle of Roosebeke.[2] He was made the constable of France by Charles VI in 1403, but dismissed when the Burgundian faction gained power at court.[2] He was restored to his office in 1413 when the Armagnac faction regained power.[2] An important figure at the French court, he is the subject of two of Christine de Pizan's Autres Ballades (#2 and #3).[3]

Although nominal commander of the French army in the Agincourt campaign together with Marshal Boucicaut, the two professional soldiers could not exercise effective control over the higher-ranking French nobles on the day of the battle. Constable d'Albret was killed at Agincourt during the battle on 25 October 1415, against the English troops led by King Henry V.[2] He was interred at the Friary church in Vieil-Hesdin.[2]

Family

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He married Marie de Sully,[4] daughter of Louis de Sully and Isabel de Craon,[5] on 27 January 1400 and had issue:

Ancestry

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wagner 2006, p. 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Bradbury 2004, p. 6.
  3. ^ Willard 1998, p. 3-15.
  4. ^ Galand 2005, p. 289.
  5. ^ Galand 2005, p. 84.
  6. ^ Biu 2002, p. 453.
  7. ^ Wagner 2006, p. 6.
  8. ^ Lodge 1926, p. 14.
  9. ^ Chattaway 2006, p. 11.

Bibliography

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  • Biu, Hélène (2002). "Du panégyrique à l'histoire : l'archiviste Michel de Bernis, chroniqueur des comtes de Foix (1445)". Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes (in French). 160 (2): 385–473. doi:10.3406/bec.2002.451098.
  • Bradbury, Jim (2004). The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Routledge.
  • Chattaway, Carol Mary (2006). The Order of the Golden Tree: The Gift-giving Objectives of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. Isd.
  • Courroux, Pierre (2017). "How to become Armagnac? The case of Charles I d'Albret, 1368–1415". French History. 31 (2): 133–151. doi:10.1093/fh/crx017.
  • Galand, Gérard (2005). Les seigneurs de Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe en Anjou (in French). Cheminements.
  • Lodge, Eleanor C. (1926). Gascony under English Rule. Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  • Loehlin, James (2000). Shakespeare in Performance: Henry V. Manchester University Press.
  • Wagner, John A., ed. (2006). "Albret, Charles, Lord of, Constanble of France". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Greenwood Press.
  • Willard, Charity Cannon (1998). "Christine on the Art of Warfare". In Desmond, Marilynn (ed.). Christine de Pizan and the Categories of Difference. University of Minnesota Press.
French nobility
Preceded by Count of Dreux
1401–1415
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Constable of France (Armagnac)
1404–1415
Disputed by Waleran III, Count of Ligny
(1411–1413)
Succeeded by