
Pierre II of Alencon (1340-20 September 1404) was a French nobleman who was Count of Alencon from 1361 to 1404 (succeeding Charles III of Alencon and preceding Jean I of Alencon) and Count of Perche from 1377 to 1404 (succeeding Robert of Alencon and preceding Jean I).
Biography[]
Pierre was born in 1340, a son of Charles II of Alencon and Maria de la Cerda. His father was killed at the Battle of Crecy when Pierre was six, and Pierre was knighted in 1350 and served as one of the hostages exchanged for King Jean II of France after the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. He returned to France in 1370 and, along with his brother Robert of Alencon, he campaigned against the English in Aquitaine, taking Limoges, but failing to take Usson in 1371. He also served under Bertrand du Guesclin in Brittany and participated in an expedition against William I of Guelders in 1388. In 1386, his trusted courtier and advisor Jacques Le Gris was killed in a judicial duel with Jean de Carrouges after Carrouges' wife Marguerite de Carrouges accused Le Gris of raping her. Pierre died in 1404.