Amanieu d'Albret (1478 – 1520) (called the Cardinal d'Albret) was a French

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cardinal.

Biography

Amanieu d'

Albret The lordship (''seigneurie'') of Albret (Labrit), situated in the Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of France in the Middle Ages. History Its members distinguished themselves in the local wars of that epoch; and d ...

was born in the

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ca. 1478, the son of

Alain I of Albret Alain I of Albret (1440–1522), called "The Great", was a powerful French aristocrat. He was 16th Lord of Albret, Viscount of Tartas, the 2nd Count of Graves and the Count of Castres. He was the son of Catherine de Rohan and Jean I of Albret.Ach ...

, and

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.Biography from the Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
/ref> His older brother

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married

Catherine of Navarre Catherine ( eu, Katalina, oc, Catarina; 1468 – 12 February 1517), Queen of Navarre, reigned from 1483 until 1517. She was also Duchess of Gandia, Montblanc, and Peñafiel, Countess of Foix, Bigorre, and Ribagorza, and Viscountess of Béar ...

. His uncle

Louis d'Albret Louis d'Albret (1422–1465) was a French Cardinal. He was a son of Charles II of Albret, Count of Dreux. He was bishop of Aire in 1445, bishop of Cahors in 1460. He was created Cardinal in 1461. In 1465 he was Bishop of Tarbes and Camerlengo of ...

was also a cardinal. He had three illegitimate children, one son and two daughters. Early in his career, he became a protonotary apostolic. He was also

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. On 19 July 1499 he became

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of the see of Comminges but on 1 January 1502 the cathedral chapter of

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chose another candidate as bishop. Pope Alexander VI made him a

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in the

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of 20 March 1500. The pope sent him the red hat on 2 October 1500 and he received the deaconry of

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on 5 October 1500. From 4 May to 10 October 1500 he was administrator of the see of Oloron. He was administrator of the see of Pamiers from 14 March 1502 until 1506. After Cardinal

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sought refuge in Savona, Cardinal d'Albret was secretly despatched on 21 June 1502 to bring him back, but failed in this mission. He participated in both the papal conclave of September 1503 that elected

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. and the papal conclave of October 1503 that elected

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. After this second conclave he had to leave

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. He was administrator of the see of Vannes from 8 January to 14 October 1504; of the see of Bazas from 4 December 1504 until his death; of the see of Lescar from 6 October 1507 until 20 June 1515; and of the see of Pamplona from 13 May 1510 until 1512, and again from 1517 until his death. He participated in the plot of cardinals against Pope Julius II. In 1511, he attended the schismatic Council of Pisa even after the pope threatened him with

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. There, he was a strong supporter of the French party. After the death of Julius II, he participated in the papal conclave of 1513 that elected

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. The new pope absolved Cardinal d'Albret (along with Cardinals Guillaume Briçonnet and René de Prie) and confirmed him in his offices. He also served as administrator of the see of Pamiers from 1514 until his death. He became the cardinal protodeacon on 3 September 1520. He died in Casteljaloux on 20 December 1520. He is buried in Casteljaloux.

References

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