Charles
d'Albret's coat-of-arms
(Principal
informations :
seal 1435, armorial Lalaing, armorial Berry Herald,
armorial Navarre Herald)
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Charles d'Albret,
Viscount of
Tartas.
Full name
:
Charles II d’ALBRET (aka Labret or Lebret).
Birth
: 1407.
Death
: 1471.
Titles of nobility
:
Count of Dreux (Eure-et-Loir), viscount
of Tartas (Landes),
Lord of Orval, Saint-Amand-Montrond, Bois-Belle – actually Henrichemont
– and La Chapelle-d'Angillon
(Cher).
Official and
military functions
:
King's Councillor (1425),
lieutenant general for the King in Berry (1430).
Father
:
Charles Ier d'Albret, constable of France (killed at Azincourt 1415)
Mother
:
Marie de Sully
Paternal grandfathers
:
Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret
and Marguerite de
Bourbon.
Maternal grandfathers
:
Louis de
Sully and Isabeau de Craon.
Wife
:
Anne
d'Armagnac (daughter of Bernard VII count of Armagnac, constable of
France, and of Bonne de Berry).
Descendants
:
Jean de
Tartas († 1468), Charles d'Albret († 1473), Amanieu d'Orval († 1463).
Shield-of-arms
:
Quarterly, 1st and 4th Azure, three
fleur-de-lis Or ; 2nd and 3rd Gules
Crest
:
Midas's head Sable with a wreath
Argent and Gules, mantled Gules doubled Argent.
Presence at the
side of Joan of Arc in
:
Orléans,
Jargeau, Meung, Beaugency, Patay, Reims.
Comments
: Charles II d'ALBRET, Count of Dreux, Viscount
of Tartas, Lord of Orval, Montrond (now
Saint-Amand-Montrond), Bois-Belle (now Henrichemont), La
Chapelle d'Angillon, was the son of Charles Ier d'Albret, Constable
of France killed in the battle of Agincourt (the 25th
October 1415) and Marie de Sully. Married Anne d'Armagnac,
daughter of Bernard VII count of Armagnac, Constable of
France. Present in Orléans, Jargeau, Meung,
Beaugency, Patay and Reims. Member of the King's council
(1425 ), Lieutenant General of the King in Berry
(1430).
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