Charles, Duke of Orléans

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.

For other people named Charles d'Orléans, see Charles d'Orléans (disambiguation).

Charles
Duke of Orléans
Tenure23 November 1407 - 5 January 1465
PredecessorLouis I
SuccessorLouis II
Born24 November 1394
Paris, France
Died5 January 1465(1465-01-05) (aged 70)
Amboise, France
Burial
Saint Denis Basilica, France
Spouse
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(m. 1406; died 1409)​
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    (m. 1410; died 1435)​
      Marie of Cleves
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      (m. 1440)​
      IssueJoan, Duchess of Alençon
      Marie, Viscountess of Narbonne
      Louis XII of France
      Anne, Abbess of Fontevraud
      HouseValois-Orléans
      FatherLouis I, Duke of Orléans
      MotherValentina Visconti

      He is now remembered as an accomplished medieval poet, owing to the more than five hundred extant poems he produced, written in both French and English, during his 25 years spent as a prisoner of war and after his return to France.

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