Peter II, Count of Alençon
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Peter II, Count of Alençon | |
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Born | 1340 |
Died | Argentan | 2 September 1404
Noble family | House of Valois |
Spouse(s) | |
Father | Charles II of Alençon |
Mother | Maria de la Cerda |
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Peter II of Alençon, called the Noble (1340 – 20 September 1404, Argentan), was Count of Alençon from 1361 and Count of Perche from 1377. He was the son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de la Cerda.[1]
Knighted in 1350, Peter was one of the hostages exchanged for King John after the Battle of Poitiers, and did not return to France until 1370.[2] He and his brother Robert campaigned against the English in Aquitaine, taking Limoges, but failed to capture Usson (1371).
On 10 October 1371, Peter married .[3] They had:
- Marie of Alençon (29 March 1373–1417), married 1390 in Paris John VII of Harcourt, Count of Harcourt and Aumale (died 1452).[4]
- Peter (1374–1375)
- John (1375–1376)
- Marie (1377)
- Jeanne (1378–1403, Argentan)
- Catherine (1380, Verneuil – 25 June 1462, Paris), married 1411 in Alençon Peter d'Évreux, Infante of Navarre and Count of Mortain (1366–1412), married 1 October 1413 in Paris Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1365–1447)
- Marguerite (1383 – aft. 1400), became a nun at Argentan
- John I of Alençon (1385–1415)[1]
He subsequently fought under Guesclin in Brittany and was wounded before Hennebont, and took part in an expedition against William I of Guelders in 1388.
He also had one illegitimate son:
- Peter, "Bastard of Alençon" (d. aft. January 1422), Lord of Aunou
In popular culture[]
In the 2021 film The Last Duel directed by Ridley Scott, his role was played by actor Ben Affleck.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Autrand 1994, p. 859.
- ^ Cosneau 1889, p. 48.
- ^ Potter 1995, p. 375.
- ^ Hirschbiegel 2014, p. 679.
- ^ "The Last Duel (2021) - IMDb".
Sources[]
- Autrand, Francoise (1994). Charles V: Le Sage (in French). Fayard.
- Cosneau, Eugène (1889). Les grands traités de la guerre de cent ans (in French). Alphonse Picard.
- Hirschbiegel, Jan (2014). Étrennes: Untersuchungen zum höfischen Geschenkverkehr im spätmittelalterlichen Frankreich zur Zeit König Karls VI. (1380–1422) (in German). De Gruyter.
- Potter, David (1995). Keen, Maurice (ed.). A History of France, 1460–1560: The Emergence of a Nation State. Macmillan.
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