John II Of ALENCON

1409 - 1476  (66 years)

• Name	John II Of ALENCON  [1]
  Birth	02 Mar 1409	Chateau d'Argentan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1476	Paris   [1]
  Notes	John II of AlenÁon (March 2, 1409, Ch‚teau d'Argentan ? 1476, Paris) was the son of John I of AlenÁon and Marie of Brittany. He succeeded his father as Duke of AlenÁon and Count of Perche as a minor in 1415, after the latter's death at the Battle of Agincourt. He saw action as a young man at the Battle of Verneuil on August 17, 1424, and was captured by the English. He was held prisoner until 1429, when he was released after payment of a large ransom, which left him impoverished, and the English in control of his duchy. Before his capture at Verneuil, he had married in 1424, at Blois, Jeanne of Orleans, daughter of Charles, duc d'OrlÈans, but she died in 1432. Shortly after his release, he met Joan of Arc and joined her in the fighting through the Loire Valley, becoming her most prominent supporter among the princes of the blood. He left to fight elsewhere after the end of the campaign in September 1429, preferring to attack the English around his own domains in Normandy. On April 30, 1437, at the Chateau L'Isle-Jourdain, he married Marie of Armagnac (c. 1420 ? July 25, 1473, Cloister Mortagne-au-Perche), daughter of John IV of Armagnac. John was discontented with the Treaty of Arras, having hoped to make good his poverty through the spoliation of the Burgundians. He fell out with Charles VII, and took part in a revolt in 1439?40, (the Praguerie) but was forgiven. He took part in the invasion of Normandy in 1449, but he had unwisely entered into correspondence with the English since 1440. (He had also accepted the Order of the Golden Fleece at this time.) Shortly after testifying at the "rehabilitation trial" of Joan of Arc in 1456, he was arrested by Jean de Dunois and imprisoned at Aigues-Mortes. In 1458, he was convicted of lËse-majestÈ and sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted and he was imprisoned at Loches. He was released by Louis XI upon terms at his accession in 1461, but he refused to keep them and was imprisoned again. He was tried a second time before the Parlement of Paris and sentenced to death again on July 18, 1474, and his Duchy was confiscated. However, the sentence was not carried out, and he died in prison in the Louvre in 1476. John has several illegitimate children: John Robert Jeanne (d. aft. Dec 4, 1481), Countess of Beaumont-le-Roger, married in 1470 Guy de Maulmont Madeleine, married Henri de Breuil
  Person ID	I01709	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	John I Duke Of ALENCON,   b. 1385, Chateau d'Essay d. 25 Oct 1415, Azincourt (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary DE MONTFORT,   b. 1387   d. 16 Dec 1446 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F06974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jeanne Of ORLEANS,   b. 1409, Blois d. 1432, Angers (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	1424	Blois   [1]
  Family ID	F17463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marie Of ARMAGNAC,   b. Abt 1420   d. 25 Jul 1473, Cloister Mortagne-auPerche (Age 53 years)
  Children	1. Rene Of ALENCON,   b. 1454   d. 1492 (Age 38 years)  [Natural]   2. Catherine Of ALENCON,   b. 1452   d. 1505 (Age 53 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F17639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 02 Mar 1409 - Chateau d'Argentan Marriage - 1424 - Blois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.