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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]
From his birth until the death of his oldest brother Francis, Dauphin of France (Francis I's eldest son), in 1536, Charles was known as the Duke of Angoulême. [1] After his brother's death, he became Duke of Orléans, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] a title previously held by his surviving brother Henry, who had succeeded Francis as Dauphin and would later become ...
The child duke, however, died one year later, and the title passed to his recently born brother Charles, who became King of France in 1560. [5] The title passed to Charles' brother, Henry, Duke of Angoulême, who six years later exchanged the appanages of Orléans for the Dukedom of Anjou, becoming the heir in pectore of the Crown. [6]
On 21 June 2008, Charles-Philippe married Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval.The ceremony took place in the Cathedral of Évora.Both husband and wife are Capetians, descending in unbroken male line from King Robert II of France (972–1031), Charles-Philippe through the elder son, King Henry I of France, via the cadet branch of the House of Bourbon-Orléans, and Diana from ...
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.
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 ...
Louis was stabbed while mounting his horse by fifteen masked criminals led by Raoulet d'Anquetonville, a servant of the Duke of Burgundy. [6] An attendant was severely wounded. Funeral of Louis. Miniature from Vigiles du roi Charles VII, c. 1484. John the Fearless was supported by the population of Paris and the University.
Charles d'Orléans may refer to: Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465), son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and Valentina Visconti; 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