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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.
Other Valois branches are: the dukes of Alençon, descendants of Charles, a younger son of Charles I, count of Valois; the Dukes of Anjou, descendants of Louis, the second son of King John II; and the dukes of Burgundy, descendants of Philip, the fourth son of the same king. [6]
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.
Alençon was granted as an appanage to Peter, son of Louis IX of France, [1] and then to Charles, count of Valois, brother of Philip IV (1293). A third house of Alençon counts descended from Charles, second son of the Count of Valois, who was killed at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. [2] The county of Alençon was raised to a dukedom in 1414.
Margaret (1272 – 31 December 1299) was Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon and Perche by marriage. Margaret's father was King Charles II of Naples, whilst her husband was Charles, Count of Valois (third son of King Philip III of France), and her older brother was Saint Louis of Toulouse; her nephew was King Charles I of Hungary.
Charles of Orléans (24 November 1394 – 5 January 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti.
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 ...
1290-1302 and 1310-1325 Charles, Count of Valois, (1270 † 1325), Count of Valois, Alençon, Perche, Chartres, Anjou and Maine; Married first to Margaret, Countess of Anjou and Maine (1273 † 1299) Married second to Catherine I, Latin Empress (1274 † 1308) Married third to Mahaut of Châtillon (1293 † 1358), cousin of Jeanne de Blois ...