Charles III of Alençon

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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.

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