Charles d'Albert, 1st Duke of Luynes
Charles d'Albert 1st Duke of Luynes | |
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Portrait of the 1st Duke of Luynes, by Frans Pourbus the Younger | |
| Grand Constable of France | |
| In office 31 March 1621 – 15 December 1621 | |
| Monarch | Louis XIII |
| Preceded by | Henri I de Montmorency |
| Succeeded by | François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1578 |
| Died | 15 December 1621 (aged 43) Château de Longueville, Guienne |
| Cause of death | Scarlet fever |
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| Relations | Honoré d'Albert (brother) Antoinette d'Albert de Luynes (sister) Charles Honoré d'Albert, duc de Luynes (grandson) Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes (granddaughter) |
| Children | Louis Charles, Duke of Luynes |
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Charles d'Albert, 1st Duke of Luynes (French: [ʃaʁl dalbɛʁ]; 5 August 1578 – 15 December 1621) was a French courtier and a favourite of Louis XIII. In 1619, the king made him Duke of Luynes and a Peer of France, and in 1621, Constable of France. Luynes died of scarlet fever near the end of that year at the height of his influence.