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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 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
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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 ...
Henrietta of England (Henrietta Anne Stuart; 16 June 1644 O.S. [26 June 1644 N.S.] – 30 June 1670) was the youngest child of King Charles I of England and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France.
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]