Several counts and then royal dukes of Alençon, a French county in the Middle Ages, disputed between France and England during parts of the Hundred Years' War, have figured in French history. The title has been awarded to a younger brother of the French sovereign.
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👉 Duke of Alençon in the context of Jean II, Duke of Alençon
Jean II of Alençon (Jean II d’Alençon) (2 March 1409 – 8 September 1476) was a French nobleman. He succeeded his father as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche as a minor in 1415, after the latter's death at the Battle of Agincourt. He is best known as a general in the last phase of the Hundred Years' War and for his role as a comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc.