Arnaud Amanieu d'Albret

Bernard Ezi IV attempted to arrange a marriage between Arnaud Amanieu and a daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent but failed.

In 1368, while preparing to cross the Pyrenees to join in the Castilian Civil War, Edward demanded a contingent from Arnaud Amanieu, but the forces requested were more than the lord of Albret could suffice.

Arnaud Amanieu refused, causing the Black Prince to say: The Sire d'Albret is a great lord indeed when he wishes to break the ordinance of my Council.

They addressed him as the "sovereign lord of the duchée de Guienne and the other lands baillées to the king of England by the treaty of peace".

A body of lawyers and barons was called to decide the sovereignty question and they unanimously affirmed that Charles was sovereign over Gascony.

A red crest, with a brightened circular region in the upper-left area of the crest
Original coat of arms of the lords and dukes of Albret.