Amanieu d'Albret
French Roman Catholic cardinal
Amanieu d'Albret (1478 – 1520) was a French Roman Catholic cardinal.
Life
Amanieu d'Albret was born in the Kingdom of France ca. 1478, the son of Alain I of Albret, and Frances, Countess of Périgord. His older brother Jean married Catherine of Navarre. His uncle Louis d'Albret was also a cardinal. He had three illegitimate children, one son and two daughters.
Early in his career, he became a protonotary apostolic He was also Archimandrite of San Rufo. On 19 July 1499 he became apostolic administrator of the see of Comminges but on 1 January 1502 the cathedral chapter of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral chose another candidate as bishop.
Cardinal
Amanieu was made a cardinal deacon in the consistory of 20 March 1500 by Pope Alexander VI. The pope sent him the red hat on 2 October 1500 and he received the deaconry of San Nicola in Carcere on 5 October 1500.
From 4 May to 10 October 1500, Amanieu was administrator of the see of Oloron.
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