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Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes
1621Dec, 15

Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes

Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (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.

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