Jean I of Albret

French nobleman
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench nobleman
PlacesFrance
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Family
Mother:Anne of Armagnac
Father:Charles II of Albret
Spouse:Catherine de Rohan
Children:Alain I of Albret Louise d'Albret
The details

Biography

Jean I of Albret (1425 – 3 January 1468), 15th Lord of Albret, was a Viscount of Tartas.

Life

He was the eldest son of Charles II of Albret, Count of Dreux and of Anne of Armagnac. As he predeceased his father, he never ruled Albret.

He married Catherine de Rohan (1425–1471), daughter of Alain IX de Rohan and Marguerite de Dreux, dame de Guillac. They had 3 children :

  • Alain I of Albret, 16th Lord of Albret, married in 1470 with Françoise de Châtillon, countess of Périgord
  • Mary of Albret, married in 1480 with Bonfile del Giudice, count of Castres
  • Louise of Albret (- 8 September 1494), married in 1480 with Jacques, Lord of Estouteville (4 December 1448 - 12 March 1489), and mistress of John II, Duke of Bourbon
  • ^ Achille Luchaire, Alain Le Grand Sire D'albret, (Slatkine Reprints, 1974), 14.
  • Achille Luchaire, Alain Le Grand Sire D'albret, 9.

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