Charles de la Cerda
Charles de la Cerda and Charles d' Espagne dit de la Cerda (* 1326, † January 8, 1354 in L' Aigle ) was a Constable of France and Count of Angoulême.
He was a son of Alphonse de la Cerda (* 1271, † 1327 ) and Isabelle d' Antoing († 1364 ). His paternal great-grandfather was the Castilian Infante Ferdinand de la Cerda, his wife, Blanche, a daughter of King Louis IX. the saint was. Charles ' older brother was Louis de la Cerda. In 1325 he married Margaret of Blois, daughter of Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany.
As a descendant of the rulers of Castile, he was educated in France, together with the future King John II the Good, whose childhood friend he was, and later he became a favorite.
With the defeat on August 29, 1350 against the English king Edward III. at the Battle of L' Espagnols -sur -Mer ( also called Battle of Winchelsea ), he was the commander on the Castilian side.
A few days earlier, the French King Philip VI. died, and John II had ascended the throne. Charles de la Cerda was by his goal to obtain the title of Constable of France, come a little closer. When, on 18 November 1350, the incumbent, Raoul II de Brienne, was arrested and executed on the day without a trial, the main obstacle to his career out of the way was cleared. In fact, Charles de la Cerda was appointed the following year to the constable - and to the Count of Angoulême. This appointment has meant that de la Cerda in Karl evil, the King of Navarre, a powerful opponent got because Karl claimed the county Angoulême as his two years previously deceased mother heritage, and now saw passed over, as he set at the line of succession in France to the side felt.
King John II tried to appease Karl by marriage with his daughter ( 1353 ) - without success: On January 8, 1354 Karl left the Constable in the restaurant " Truie - qui - File" in L' Aigle by one of his men, Jean le Soult ( called Le Bascon ) murder.
- Graf ( Angoulême )
- Constable (France)
- Born in 1326
- Died in 1354
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