John, Count of Angoulême
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Article ImagesJohn of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (French: Jean d'Orléans, comte d'Angoulême, 26 June 1399 – 30 April 1467), was a younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, and Valentina Visconti,[1] and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.
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Count of Angoulême | |
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Born | 28 June 1399 |
Died | 30 April 1467 (aged 67) Cognac |
Spouse | Marguerite de Rohan |
Issue | Charles, Count of Angoulême Joan |
House | Valois-Angoulême |
Father | Louis I, Duke of Orléans |
Mother | Valentina Visconti |
John was handed over to the English in 1412, according to the terms of the Treaty of Buzançais,[2] and not released until 1444. In 1415 he was joined by his older brother Charles, with whom he shared an interest in literature.[3] He had to sell part of his estates to pay for his ransom, but still collected many books. After that, he fought under the orders of his illegitimate half-brother, Jean de Dunois, driving the English out of Guyenne in 1451.
On 31 August 1449, he married Marguerite de Rohan,[4] daughter of Alain IX of Rohan and Margaret of Brittany.[5] They had:
- Louis (1455–1458)
- Charles (1459–1496).[4] Father of Francis I, King of France
- Joan (1462–1520), who married Charles François de Coetivy, count de Taillebourg[6]
He also had an illegitimate son, Jean de Valois, bastard of Angoulême, who was legitimised in 1458.
"Good Count John" died in 1467. He is buried in the Cathedral of Angoulême.
- ^ Adams 2010, p. 255.
- ^ Kosto 2012, p. 121.
- ^ Knecht 1994, p. 1.
- ^ a b O'Day 2010, p. 239.
- ^ Booton 2010, pp. 321–322.
- ^ Thevet 2009, p. 4.
- Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Booton, Diane E. (2010). Manuscripts, Market and the Transition to Print in Late Medieval Brittany. Ashgate.
- Knecht, R.J. (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press.
- Kosto, Adam J. (2012). Hostages in the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press.
- O'Day, Rosemary (2010). The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age. Routledge.
- Thevet, André (2009). Portraits from the French Renaissance and the Wars of Religion. Pennsylvania State University Press.
John, Count of Angoulême Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty | ||
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Count of Angoulême ?–30 April 1467 |
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