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François de Valois. House. Valois-Angoulême. Father. Charles IX of France. Mother. Marie Touchet. Charles de Valois (28 April 1573 – 24 September 1650) was an illegitimate son of Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet. He was count of Auvergne, duke of Angoulême, and a memoirist .
Charles de Valois, duke d’Angoulême (born April 28, 1573, Fayet, France—died Sept. 24, 1650, Paris) was an illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France and Marie Touchet, chiefly remembered for his intrigues against King Henry IV and for his later military exploits, particularly as commander at the siege of La Rochelle in 1627.
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Duke of Orléans. From his birth until the death of his oldest brother Francis, Dauphin of France (Francis I's eldest son), in 1536, Charles was known as the Duke of Angoulême. [1] After his brother's death, he became Duke of Orléans, [1] [2] a title previously held by his surviving brother Henry, who had succeeded Francis as Dauphin and ...
Charles de Valois Angoulême, comte d'Auvergne, duc d' (shärl də välwä´ kôNt dōvĕrn´yə dük däNgōōlĕm´), 1573–1650, illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France. He turned against King Henry IV, conspired with Henriette d'Entragues, his half-sister, and was imprisoned until 1616. After his release he held military commands. He ...
Biography. The natural son of King Charles IX of France by his mistress Marie Touchet, Count of Auvergne and of Lauragais (1589), Duke of Angoulême (1620); first married Charlotte de Montmorency (1591) and secondly Marguerite de Nargonne (1644); conspired against Henri IV with the Dukes of Savoy, Biron and Bouillon in 1601, and again with his ...
ANGOULEME, Charles de Valois, Duke of, the natural son of Charles IX. of France and Marie Touchet, was born 28th April 1573, at the castle of Fayet in Dauphine. His father, dying in the following year, com mended him to the care and favour of his brother and suc cessor, Henri III., who faithfully fulfilled the charge.
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The Capetian house of Valois [a] ( UK: / ˈvælwɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / vælˈwɑː, vɑːlˈwɑː / va (h)l-WAH, [1] French: [valwa]) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589. Junior members of the family ...
