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Charles d'Albret (d. October 25, 1415) was Constable of France two different times: from 1402 until 1411, and again from 1413 until 1415. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a The Constable of France (connétable de France from Latin comes stabuli for " Count of the stables" as the First Officer of the Crown was one He was also the co-commander of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt where he was killed by a bodkin arrow that had pierced his breastplate. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. A bodkin point is a type of Arrowhead. In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike and was used extensively during the Middle Ages. This can also refer to a piece of riding equipment see Breastplate (tack.

He was born into an old Gascon family, the son of Arnaud, Lord of Albret, and fought under Bertrand du Guesclin as a young man. Arnaud Amanieu (also Arnold and Amaneus) was the Lord of Albret from 1358 to 1401 lordship ( seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit Lebret situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the Bertrand du Guesclin (c 1320 &ndash 13 July 1380) known as the Eagle of Brittany, was a Breton Knight and French military commander He was made the constable of France by Charles VI in 1402, but dismissed when the Burgundian faction gained power at court. Charles VI (3 December 1368 &ndash 21 October 1422 called the Well-loved (le Bien-Aimé and the Mad (French le Fol or le Fou) was the See also Civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians The Burgundian party was a political allegiance in France that formed during the reign of He was restored to his office in 1413 when the Armagnac faction regained power. This article is about the historical party during the Hundred Years' War

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. The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank. Jean II Le Maingre (in Old French, Jehan le Meingre called Boucicaut ( August 28, 1366 - June 21, 1421) was Marshal

Family

He married Marie de Sully, daughter of Louis de Sully, on January 27, 1400 and had issue:

Jeanne d'Albret (1403–1435), married in 1422 Jean I of Foix-Grailly, Count of Foix. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. counts of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in what is now southern France, during the Middle Ages. They were parents of Gaston IV of Foix. Gaston IV Count of Foix Viscount of Bearn ( 27 November 1422 - 25 July / 28 July 1472) was a French nobleman who founded a brief-ruling
Charles II d'Albret (1407–1471)
Guillaume d'Albret (d. Charles d'Albret (died 1471 was a French magnate administrator and soldier 1429), Lord of Orval
Jean d'Albret
Catherine d'Albret, married Jean de Montagu (1363–1409), vidame of Laon and illegitimate son of Charles V of France. Vidame, a French corruption of the official Latin term vicedominus ('vice-lord' was a Feudal title in France. Laon (lɑ̃ is a city and commune in Picardie in northern France, préfecture (capital} of the Aisne department Charles V ( 21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380) called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member