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Valentina VISCONTI

Female 1366 - 1408  (42 years)


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  1. 1.  Valentina VISCONTI was born in 1366 in Milan; died on 04 Dec 1408 in Blois.

    Family/Spouse: Louis Of Valois Duke Of ORLEANS. Louis (son of Charles V The Wise Of FRANCE and Jeanne DE BOURBON) was born on 13 Mar 1372; died on 23 Nov 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Louis Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1391; died in 1395.
    2. 3. John Philip Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1393 in Paris; died in 1393 in Chateau de Vincennes.
    3. 4. Margaret Countess Of VERTUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1406; died in 1466 in Abbaye-le-Guiche.
    4. 5. John Count Of ANGOULEME  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1400; died on 30 Apr 1467.
    5. 6. Daughter Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1390; died in 1390.
    6. 7. Marie Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1401 in Chateau de Coucy; died in 1401.
    7. 8. Philip Count Of VERTUS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1396 in Paris; died in 1420.
    8. 9. Son Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1392; died in 1392.
    9. 10. Charles I De Valois Duke Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1394; died on 05 Jan 1465.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Louis Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1391; died in 1395.

  2. 3.  John Philip Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1393 in Paris; died in 1393 in Chateau de Vincennes.

  3. 4.  Margaret Countess Of VERTUS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1406; died in 1466 in Abbaye-le-Guiche.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 22 Apr 1466

    Margaret married Richard DE MONTFORT in 1423. Richard (son of John V the Conqueror John V The Valiant DE MONTFORT and Joanna Of NAVARRE) was born in 1395; died in 1438. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Frances II Duke Of BRITTANY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1433; died on 09 Sep 1488.

  4. 5.  John Count Of ANGOULEME Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born on 26 Jun 1400; died on 30 Apr 1467.

    John married Marguerite DE ROHAN on 31 Aug 1449. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Jeanne Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1462; died in 1520.
    2. 13. Louis Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1455; died in 1458.
    3. 14. Count of Angouleme Charles Of VALOIS-ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1459; died in 1496.

  5. 6.  Daughter Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1390; died in 1390.

  6. 7.  Marie Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1401 in Chateau de Coucy; died in 1401.

  7. 8.  Philip Count Of VERTUS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1396 in Paris; died in 1420.

  8. 9.  Son Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born in 1392; died in 1392.

  9. 10.  Charles I De Valois Duke Of ORLEANS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Valentina1) was born on 24 Nov 1394; died on 05 Jan 1465.

    Notes:

    Charles of Valois, Duke of OrlČans (November 24, 1394 ? January 5, 1465) became Duke of OrlČans in 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis, Duke of OrlČans on the orders of Duke John-the-Fearless of Burgundy. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont and of Blois, lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. He is now remembered as an accomplished poet owing to the more than five hundred extant poems he produced, most written during his twenty-five years spent as a prisoner of war.

    Ascending to the title of Duke at the age of fourteen after the assassination of his father, Charles was expected to carry on his father's leadership against the Burgundians, a French faction which supported the Duke of Burgundy. The latter was never punished for his role in Louis' assassination, and Charles had to watch as his grief-stricken mother Valentina Visconti succumbed to illness not long afterwards. At her deathbed, Charles and the other boys of the family were made to swear the traditional oath of vengeance for their father's murder.

    During the early years of his reign as Duke, the orphaned Charles was heavily influenced by the guidance of his father-in-law, Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, for which reason Charles' faction came to be known as the "Armagnacs".

    A depiction of Charles' imprisonment in the Tower of London from an illuminated manuscript of his poemsAfter war with the Kingdom of England was renewed in 1415, Charles was one of the many French noblemen wounded in the Battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415. Captured and taken to England as a hostage, he would remain in captivity for the next twenty-five years. The conditions of his confinement were not strict; he was allowed to live more or less in the manner to which he had become accustomed, like so many other captured nobles. However, he was not offered release in exchange for a ransom, since Henry V of England had left instructions forbidding any release: Charles was the natural head of the Armagnac faction and in the line of succession to the French throne, and was therefore deemed too important to be returned to circulation. It was during these twenty-five years that Charles would write most of his poetry, including melancholy works which seem to be commenting on the captivity itself, such as "Le Foret de Longue Attente".

    Finally freed in 1440 by the efforts of his former enemies, Philip III, Duke of Burgundy and his consort Isabella of Portugal, he set foot on French soil again after 25 years, "speaking better English than French" according to one source. Meeting the Duchess of Burgundy after disembarking, the gallant Charles said: "M'Lady, I make myself your prisoner." At the celebration of his third marriage, with Marie of Cleves, he was created a Knight of the Golden Fleece. His subsequent return to OrlČans was marked by a splendid celebration organized by the citizens.

    He made a feeble attempt to press his claims to Asti in Italy, before settling down as a celebrated patron of the arts.

    Charles appears in Shakespeare's play Henry V as the "Duke of Orleans".

    Charles married Isabella Of VALOIS in 1406 in Compiegne. Isabella (daughter of Charles VI King Of FRANCE and Isabeau Of BAVARIA) was born on 09 Nov 1389 in Paris; died on 13 Sep 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Jeanne Of ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1409 in Blois; died in 1432 in Angers.

    Family/Spouse: Marie Of CLEVES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Anne D'ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1464; died in 1491 in Poitiers.
    2. 17. Marie D'ORLEANS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Dec 1457; died in 1493 in Mazares.
    3. 18. Louis XII King Of FRANCE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jun 1462 in Chateau de Blois, Blois, Touranine; died on 01 Jan 1515.

    Charles married Bonne Of ARMAGNAC in 1410. Bonne died before 1440. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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