Charles d'Albret (died 25 October 1415) was the Constable of France from 1402 to 1415, succeeding Louis de Sancerre and preceding Bernard VII of Armagnac, as well as the Count of Dreux. He was in command at the Battle of Agincourt in October 1415, in which he was slain.
Biography[]
D'Albret after dying
Charles was born in Gascony to an old family, and he was the grandson of Peter I of Bourbon, making him the great-great-great-grandson of King Louis IX of France, through his mother Margaret of Bourbon. As a young man, he served under Bertrand du Guesclin as a knight of the Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War with England, and in 1402 he became the Constable of France. In 1411, Waleran III of Ligny competed with him for the title, as the Burgundian party of the court sought to appoint their own candidate to the title, which was held by the pro-Armagnac party. However, he regained the title in 1413, and he was given command of the French army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. d'Albret attempted to lead an attack around the flank of the English army, but he was slain with several other high-ranking French nobles.