Charles III of Alençon

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Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Alençon of the House of Valois.
Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Alençon of the House of Valois.

Charles III of Alençon (1337 – July 5, 1375, Lyon) was the eldest son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de la Cerda.

He succeeded his father as Count of Alençon in 1346, but resigned the county to his brother Peter II of Alençon in 1361 to take up an ecclesiastical career.

On July 13, 1365, he was made Archbishop of Lyon. As archbishop, he firmly resisted royal enroachment on his rights as Primate of France.

Preceded by
Charles II		 Count of Alençon
1346–1361		 Succeeded by
Peter II
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