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Alençon. Alençon is a city in Basse Normandie on the River Sarthe. Alençon is a restored gem. A visit is like travelling through time. Among its centuries-old highlights are the circular wheat market, home to exhibitions beneath its magnificent glass dome; the Halle aux Toiles, now a meeting venue; and the restored Jesuit church.
Built between the 14th and 15th centuries by Jean II Le Beau, the castle of the Dukes of Alençon now benefits from a classification as a Historic Monument. Originally built in the 9th century for Richard I, Duke of Normandy, it has seen many sieges over the centuries. Partly destroyed, the current castle of the Dukes of Alençon still reveals ...
Charles IV of Alençon (2 September 1489 in Alençon – 11 April 1525 in Lyon) was the son of René of Alençon and Margaret of Vaudémont.[1] He succeeded his father in 1492 as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche, and was also Count of Armagnac, Fézensac, Viscount of Rodez, Count of Fezensaguet, l'Isle-Jourdain, and Perdiac. In 1509 he married Margaret of Angoulême,[2] sister to Francis ...
John I of Alençon, known as the Wise (1385 – 25 October 1415), was a French nobleman, killed at the Battle of Agincourt . John was born in Château d' Essay, the son of Peter II of Alençon and Marie Chamaillard. [1] In 1404, he succeeded his father as Count of Alençon and Perche. He was made Duke of Alençon in 1414.
The Capetian house of Valois [a] ( UK: / ˈvælwɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː / va (h)l-WAH, [1] French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family ...
Duke of Alençon; Duke of Touraine; Other notable ducal titles: Duke of Guise; Duke of Lorraine; Duke of Montpensier; Duke of Morny; Duke of Savoy (although Haute Savoie is now part of France, the Dukes of Savoy were Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, not peers of France) The title of Duke of France refers to the rulers of the Île de France ...
The Castle of the Dukes of Alençon or the Pavillon d’Entrée What is known as the castle of the Dukes of Alençon is in fact just the front porch, for that is all that time and tide has left us. But the impression that this pavillon d’entrée leaves us with is to hint at the staggering scale of the original sumptuous castle now gone, with its keep, curtain walls and moat.
