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Charles of Valois (12 March 1270 – 16 December 1325), the fourth son of King Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon, [1] was a member of the House of Capet and founder of the House of Valois, which ruled over France from 1328. Charles ruled several principalities. He held in appanage the counties of Valois, Alençon (1285), and Perche.
Charles de Valois is the name of: Charles, Count of Valois (1270–1325) Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465), also count of Valois; Charles de Valois, Duc de Berry (1446–1472), son of Charles VII, King of France and Marie of Anjou; Charles de Valois, Duc d'Orléans (1522–1545) Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême (1573–1650), Duke of ...
Valois Burgundy at its greatest extent under Charles the Bold. From 1363 to 1477, the Valois dukes of Burgundy, a cadet branch of the French royal House of Valois, ruled over a domain that ultimately encompassed much of eastern France and the Low Countries [1] effectively as independent princes. [2]
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Coat of arms of the counts and dukes of Valois. The Valois (UK: / ˈ v æ l w ɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / v æ l ˈ w ɑː, v ɑː l ˈ w ɑː / va(h)l-WAH, [1] [2] French:; originally Pagus Valensis) was a region in the valley of the Oise river in Picardy in the north of France.
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois. Charles' reign saw the culmination of decades of tension between Protestants and ...
Charles was the second son of Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret, Countess of Anjou, [1] and brother of Philip VI of France.In April 1314 he married Joan of Joigny, [2] who succeeded her father John II as Countess of Joigny in 1335, but she died on 2 September 1336.
Charles was born at Tours, last child and fourth son of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou. [2] As his elder brother, the Dauphin Louis, had repeatedly run into conflict with his father and since 1456 was living in exile at the court of Burgundy, some expected the crown to pass to Charles. When Charles VII died in 1461, however, Louis XI succeeded ...