Charles IV, Duke of Alençon
Duke of Alencon · France · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1489 to 1525 · aged 35
Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, was a French prince of the blood, military commander, governor and courtier during the reigns of Louis XII and Francis I. Born into the House of Valois-Alençon, Charles was a distant relation of the royal family, but one of the closest agnates.
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Marguerite of Valois-Angoulême, wife to Charles from 1509 to his death in 1525
Battle of Agnadello
Conclusion of the battle of Marignano
Field of the Cloth of Gold, the elaborate Pavilions are visible towards the rear of the image
Twentieth-Century rendition of the siege of Mézières
Duc de Bourbon, Constable of France who betrayed France in 1523 and went over to the Imperial camp
Movement of the various armies prior to the battle of PaviaAbout this person
After the ascent of Francis I in 1515, he was the heir presumptive until the birth of the king's first son in 1518. He undertook his early military service in the later campaigns of Louis XII. He fought at the recapture of Genoa in 1507, and the decisive defeat of the Venetians at Agnadello in 1509. That year he was married to Marguerite, the sister of the future king Francis I. At the ascent of Francis in 1515, he saw combat as the commander of the rear-guard at the famous battle of Marignano at which the Swiss army was annihilated, restoring French control over Milan.
