Duchy of Albret

See also: Albret

The duchy of Albret , possession of the house of Albret , extended to north from the Gascogne. Nérac, on the Fall, was the capital.

History

• the counts d' Albret carry the title of lord of Albret until in 1550. On this date is made up the Duché of Albret by and for the king de Navarre Henri II of Albret, with personal capacity. In 1556, after its death, Albret is made up in duchy Pairie for his/her daughter Jeanne d' Albret, queen of Navarre.

• the duchy of Albret comprised the Baronnie Nérac, the Viscounts of Castelmoron-in Albret, Tartas, Marsan etc It thus extended on part of the current departments of the Landes (Marsan, Maremne, Aguais, Gabardan), of the Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne (Agenais). The duchy of Albret, plain to the crown of France thanks to the accession with the throne of Henri IV, was yielded to Frederic-Maurice of the Tower of Auvergne in 1651 in exchange of Sedan and Raucourt.

• This duchy of Albret was ground Huguenot E.

Internal bonds

• Alain d' Albret

• Country of Albret, Lot-et-Garonne
• Gascogne, History of Aquitaine

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