John II, Duke of Alençon
Jean II | |
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Duke of Alençon | |
Born | 2 March 1409 Château d'Argentan |
Died | 8 September 1476 Paris | (aged 67)
Noble family | Valois-Alençon |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | Catherine John I of Alençon |
Mother | Marie of Brittany |
John II of Alençon (Jean II d’Alençon) (2 March 1409 – 8 September 1476) was a French nobleman. He succeeded his father as
Biography
John was born at the Château d'
Before his capture at Verneuil, he had married in 1424, at the
in 1432, having had no children.In April 1429, not long after his release, the Duke heard about Joan of Arc, who had come to King Charles VII at Chinon, promising to liberate France from the English, asking that he send her with an army to lift the Siege of Orléans. Alençon came eagerly to Chinon and very quickly became her good friend and most prominent supporter among the princes of the blood. After she raised the siege alongside Jean de Dunois and La Hire, among others, Alençon arrived as the official commander of the French army and played a major role in the liberation of the rest of the Loire Valley.[5] He left to fight elsewhere after the end of the campaign in September 1429, preferring to attack the English around his domains in Normandy.
On 30 April 1437, at the Chateau
John was discontented with the
Personal life
John had two children by his second wife, Marie:
- Catherine (1452–1505), married 1461, in Tours, Guy XV de Laval (died 1501)[10]
- Count of Perchein 1478
John also had several illegitimate children:
- John (living 1483)
- Robert (living 1489)
- Jeanne (d. aft. 4 December 1481), Countess of Beaumont-le-Roger, married in 1470 to Guy de Maulmont
- Madeleine, married Henri de Breuil
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References
- ^ a b c Potter 1995, p. 375.
- ^ Tucker 2010, p. 330.
- ^ a b Champion 2015, p. 267.
- ^ Goodrich 1967, p. 112.
- ^ a b Manning 2023, p. 11.
- ^ a b c Knecht 2004, p. 83.
- ^ Manning 2023, pp. 11–12.
- ^ Taylor 2006, p. 304.
- ^ Knecht 2004, p. 84.
- ^ Walsby 2007, pp. 184–185.
Sources
- Champion, Pierre (2015). The Trial of Jeanne D'arc. Aeterna Press.
- Goodrich, Norma Lorre (1967). Charles of Orléans: A Study of Themes in his French and in his English Poetry. Librairie Droz.
- Knecht, Robert (2004). The Valois: Kings of France, 1328–1589. Hambledon Continuum.
- Manning, Scott (2023). Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1538139165.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
- Taylor, Craig, ed. (2006). Joan of Arc, La Pucelle. Manchester University Press.
- Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2010). "August 17, 1424: Western Europe: France: Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil". A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO.
- Walsby, Malcolm (2007). The Counts of Laval. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0754658115.