Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans

Louis de Valois (March 13 1372 – November 23 1407) was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death. He was also Count of Valois, Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Blois (1391–1407), Dunois, Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord, Dreux and Soissons. Louis was son of King Charles V of France and Joanna of Bourbon and younger brother of Charles VI. In 1389, Louis married Valentina Visconti, daughter of Gian Galeazzo, Duke of Milan.

Louis' descendents

By his marriage with Valentina Visconti:

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• a daughter (1390)
• Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391–1465), father of King Louis XII of France
• a son (b. 1392), d. young
• John Philip (Paris, 1393, Château de Vincennes)
• Charles (Paris, 1394 – 1395, Paris)
• Philip (Paris, 1396–1420), Count of Vertus
• Louis (b. 1398), d. young
• John, Count of Angoulême (1400–1467), grandfather of King Francis I of France
• Marie (Château de Coucy, 1401)
• Margaret (1406–1466, Abbaye-la-Guiche), Countess of Vertus, married in 1423 Richard of Brittany, Count of Étampes

His illegitimate son by Yolande or Mariette d'Enghien, John of Orléans, is the ancestor of the Dukes of Longueville.

Related Topics:
John of Orléans - Dukes of Longueville

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