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Charles was born in Paris, the son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and Valentina Visconti, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. [1] He acceded to the duchy at the age of thirteen after his father had been assassinated on the orders of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy. [2]
Charles of Orléans (1459 – 1 January 1496) (French: Charles d'Orléans) was the Count of Angoulême from 1467 until his death. He succeeded his father, John , and was initially under the regency of his mother, Margaret of Rohan , assisted by Jean I de La Rochefoucauld, one of his vassals.
Charles d'Orléans was born at the Palais Royal in Paris, the official city residence of the Orléans family since 1692. [1] Inside his family, he was nicknamed Pimpin. [2]He was the fourth of six sons born to the Orléans; Ferdinand Philippe born in 1810; the Duke of Nemours born in 1814; the Prince of Joinville born in 1818 who was followed by Charles.
Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans (1522–1545), son of King Francis I of France Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin (1691–1744), French churchman and scholar Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Penthièvre , Duke of Penthièvre (1820–1828) son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans and Maria Amalia of Naples
In the first biography of the singer to be released in more than two decades, Paul Alexander—who has penned bios of J.D. Salinger, Sylvia Plath, John McCain, and Karl Rove—zeroes in on the ...
Monsieur d'Orléans (16 April 1607 – 17 November 1611) was the second son and fourth child of Henry IV of France and his consort, Marie de' Medici.Commonly ascribed the names Nicolas or Nicolas Henri and the title Duke of Orléans, he was neither baptised nor invested as such during the course of his short life.
Son of the Duke of Vendôme, Charles-Philippe received at his birth from the head of the family, the Duke of Orleans, the titles of Prince of Orleans and Duke of Nemours, [1] [6] as well as the predicate of royal highness as a member of the house of Orleans. Charles-Philippe d'Orleans was also, since 1926, a prince of the royal blood of France ...
Her father was King Charles I of England, her mother the youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. [4] All her life, Henrietta had a close relationship with her mother, Queen Henrietta Maria. Her connections with the French court as niece of Louis XIII and cousin of Louis XIV proved very useful later in life.