Charles II, Count of Alençon

Charles II, called the Magnanimous (1297–1346), Count of Alençon and Perche, was the second son of Charles of Valois and younger brother of Philip VI, who took the French throne in 1328. He first fought in Guyenne under his father, inheriting Alençon on his death in December 1325.

He fought at Cassel in 1328, and when Edward III challenged Philip's crown and refused homage, the king made him lieutenant general of the kingdom and sent him against an English-stirred revolt at Saintes, where he retook several strongholds.

In the Breton succession war Philip gave him L'Aigle, confiscated from Jean de Montfort. At Crécy on 26 August 1346 he commanded the vanguard and was killed; his eldest son Charles III succeeded him in Alençon.