Catherine de Montsalvy

Abou-al-Khayr, read more on Who is Who...
Excellent Arab doctor from Cordoba, who became one of the dearest friends of Catherine and Arnaud de Montsalvy. Saved Arnaud's life twice and helped his friends to escape out of the Al Hamra.

Amidou played Abou-al-Kyayr in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France. Henry V's victory started a new period in the war, in which Henry married the French King's daughter and his son was made heir to the throne of France, but his achievement was squandered by his heirs.
The French king of the time was Charles VI; however, he did not command the French army himself as he was incapacitated. Instead the French were commanded by Constable Charles d'Albret and various prominent French noblemen of the Armagnac party.

The battle is notable for the use of the English longbow, which Henry used in very large numbers, with longbowmen forming the vast majority of his army. The battle is the centrepiece of the play Henry V, by William Shakespeare..

in Catherine One Love is Engough, Arnaud de Montsalvy is mentioned to have participated in the battle of Agincourt as a very young man. A fact he threw Duke Philippe of Burgundy on his head when he challenged him to combat! (Philippe of Burgundy had not attented)

Amboise
City in the centre of France - lies on the river Loire. King Charles VII held court at Amboise Jeanne d'Arc passed through the city, on her way to free the city of Orleans 1429.

Leonardo da Vinci, spent the remainig years of his life at Amboise. Some of his inventions are still there and have not been removed. The house has lost some of its original parts, but it still stands today and has a beautiful overlook of the Loire River.

Angers
City in the west of France - lies on the river Maine. Capital city of the French provence Anjou. Queen Yolande also Duchess of Anjou, held court at Angers.

House of Anjou

Yolande, d'Aragon,

Queen of four Kingdoms, Yolande d'Anjou, 1384 - 1442
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Queen Yolande was Isabelle de Montsalvy's (Catherine and Arnaud's daughter) godmother. She had called Catherine "my child" and helped her a few times, when everything seemed lost for the Montsalvy's. She regretted though that Catherine had not married one of her chevaliers "Pierre de Brézé - saying she had an impossible husband!

Geneviève Casile played Queen Yolande d'Aragon (d'Anjou) in the TV-Adaption Catherine, Il suffit d'un amour

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was a daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar.Yolande's marriage to Louis II of Anjou, in December 1400, was part of an effort, made also in earlier such marriages, to resolve the contested claims upon the kingdom of Sicily and Naples between the houses of Anjou and Aragon. Louis spent much of his life fighting in Italy for his claim to the Kingdom of Naples. In France, Yolande was the Duchess of Anjou and the Countess of Provence. She preferred to hold court in Angers and Saumur. She had six children, and through her second son Réne was the grandmother of Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort of King Henry VI of England.
In the emerging second phase of the Hundred Years' War, Yolande chose to support the French ( in particular the Armagnac party) against the English and the Burgundians; she supported the claim of Dauphin Charles who, relying upon Yolande's resources and help, succeeded in becoming crowned Charles VII of France. As Charles' own mother, Isabeau of Bavaria, worked against Charles' claims, it has been said that Yolande was the person who kept the adolescent Charles alive and protected him when all sorts of plots were attempted against his life, and acted as a substitute mother to young Charles. She removed Charles from his parents' Court and kept him in her own castles, usually in the Loire Valley, where Charles received Joan of Arc. Yolande married young Charles to her daughter, Marie d'Anjou, thus becoming Charles' mother-in-law.
Yolande was not averse to recruiting beautiful women and coaching them to become the mistresses of influential men, and whom would spy on her behalf. She had a network of such women in the courts of Lorraine, Burgundy, Brittany, and her son-in-law.

René d'Anjou, 1409 - 1480 also known as René I of Naples and Good King René, read more on Who is Who...
Catherine was sent to the young King by Queen Yolande, who was Duke Philippe's prisoner in Dijon. She was smuggled into the palace by her old friend Jacques de Roussay - disguised as his cousin Alain de Maillet. During her visit, the King was almost killed - he only believed Catherine when his beloved dog licked the poisened wine and died instantly.

Jean -Claude Aube played King René d'Anjou in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

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was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular 1442–1480), titular King of Jerusalem (1438–1480) and Aragon (1466–1480) (including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica). He was father to Margaret of Anjou, Queen Consort to King Henry VI of England, a key figure in the Wars of the Roses. René was born in the castle of Angers, and was the second son of Louis II of Anjou, King of Sicily (i.e. King of Naples), and of Yolande of Aragon. He was the brother of Marie d'Anjou, who married the future Charles VII of France and became Queen of France.

Armagnac d', Bernard, Count of Perdiac, d. 1462 read more on Who is Who...
Childhood companion of Arnaud de Montsalvy. Through his mother Bonne de Berry, he had royal blood - he was the grandson of King Charles V. He saved Arnaud and Catherine's life at Montsalvy - who were tied to the stake by Valettte - Rodrigo de Villandrado's lieutenant.

Jean-Yves Gautier played Bernard d'Armagnac in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour

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Bernard d'Armagnac, Count of Pardiac (was a younger son of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and Bonne de Berry). He fought at the Battle of Patay in 1429. That year he married Eleanor of Bourbon-La Marche, daughter and ultimately heir of James II, Count of La Marche. He served as lieutenant-general in La Marche and governor of Limousin in 1441, and later as lieutenant-general of Languedoc and Roussillon in 1461.

Azalaïs, read more on Who is Who
daughter of a lacemaker, who's mother had come from Le Puy to marry the carpenter Augustin Fabre of Montsalvy.
When her mother died, she took over as a housekeeper for her stepfather and also her profession as a lacemaker. Became the mistress of Gervais Malfrat, the local girl seducer.
When the town was under siege by the d'Apchiers - she betrayed the town - and escaped to become the mistress, first of the old wolf of Gévaudan, and then his sons. When Arnaud de Montsalvy returned home - she became his mistress and died when the Black Death reached Montsalvy.

Bénédicte Sire played Azalaïs in the TV-Adaption Catherine Il suffit d'un amour