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Charles IV of Alençon (2 September 1489 in Alençon – 11 April 1525 in Lyon) was the son of René of Alençon and Margaret of Vaudémont. [1] He succeeded his father in 1492 as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche, and was also Count of Armagnac, Fézensac, Viscount of Rodez, Count of Fezensaguet, l'Isle-Jourdain, and Perdiac.
Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon and Countess of Perche November 18, 2016 Susan Abernethy 4 Comments Portrait of a Dame by Franko-flämischer Meister, formerly att. to Pisanello, circa 1410
Alençon was granted as an appanage to Peter, son of Louis IX of France, and then to Charles, count of Valois, brother of Philip IV (1293). A third house of Alençon counts descended from Charles, second son of the Count of Valois, who was killed at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. The county of Alençon was raised to a dukedom in 1414.
John II of Alençon (Jean II d’Alençon) (2 March 1409 – 8 September 1476) was a French nobleman. He succeeded his father as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche as a minor in 1415, after the latter's death at the Battle of Agincourt. He is best known as a general in the Last Phase of the Hundred Years' War and for his role as a comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc.
Nov 18, 2016 · Joan’s husband, John II, Duke d’Alençon and Count of Perche. In 1421, Joan was betrothed to John II Duke d’Alençon and Count of Perche, the son of her prior betrothed. He reputedly was very handsome. They were married in 1424 and the couple would be childless. Shortly after his marriage, John fought at the Battle of Verneuil and was ...
Catherine d'Alençon (bef.1396 – 22 June 1462 [1] in Paris) was the Duchess consort of Bavaria as the second spouse of Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria. She was a younger daughter of Peter II of Alençon and his wife Marie Chamaillart, Viscountess of Beaumont-au-Maine. Catherine was also maid of honour to Louis' sister, Isabeau of Bavaria .
Jan 30, 2015 · Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon and Countess of Perche « The Freelance History Writer says: November 18, 2016 at 9:48 PM Isabella of Valois, the eldest child of King Charles VI of France and Queen Isabeau of Bavaria was only seven years old when she was married to King Richard II of England.
